The Older Story Beneath Christmas

Every December, the same argument shows up:

Is Christmas pagan? Is it Christian? Is it Saturnalia? Is it Jesus’ birthday? In this episode, we step past the argument and into the history beneath it. We explore how winter was understood long before Christianity. Why solstice mattered for survival. How land, hearth, and household ritual shaped meaning. And how pre-Christian traditions like Yule and Mother’s Night weren’t gently inherited, but actively suppressed, erased, and selectively absorbed.

This isn’t about aesthetics or trend-based paganism.

It’s about memory. What was buried. What survived.
And why it’s stirring again. 🕯️🌲

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