http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/news/2005/20051206radio5.cfm?doc=73&CFID=6721381&CFTOKEN=307e15c5c86d6a70-584D34C3-B859-704E-121617BEE86568D0
[Fulcrum] December 22, 2005--Yes. It's the old pagan thing, really. This is the midwinter festival and the Church, very early on, latched onto the idea that it was good to have a festival in midwinter, but that they had a better story to tell. And that's still true.
For the real story behind the origin of Christmas I again recommend to AnglicansAblaze readers Dr. Thomas J. Talley's The Origins of the Liturgical Year.
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