Line up for the great Christmas tug of war

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Opinion/Line-up-for-the-great-Christmas-tug-of-war/2004/12/21/1103391767867.html?oneclick=true

[Sydney Morning Herald] December 22, 2004--Here is an example of the kind of anti-Christmas, anti-Christian diatribe that one is likely to encounter on the Internet this time of year. These articles are filled with the spirit of the anti-Christ. I do not believe that it would help to send Christopher Henning a copy of Professor Thomas Talley's seminal work, The Origins of the Liturgical Year. In this fresh reading of the early evidence, Talley puts to rest the notion that Christmas originally was a pagan holiday, a popular theory among cultural anthropologists in the late 19th century and early 20th century, a theory which even Christian writers have unfortunately promoted and spread. This theory continues to enjoy wide currency among today's Neo-Pagans.