"Michael Mcneil" wrote in message
news:aaeb81d2ecd2458cd06aa5e8c3756d4b.45219@mygate .mailgate.org...
"Gianna Stefani" wrote in
message

"Michael Mcneil" wrote in message
news:409739a647eca85e7796264c0360c3b7.45219@mygate .mailgate.org...

... I am not interested in snowfall at Christmass.


I would love to understand that logic, given that if you were a Pagan,
you
wouldn't be interested in christmas at all, with or without the snow (:

Snowfall at Christmass and all the other stuff that goes on Sickmess
cards is all from the Romantication of Christianity. (I.e. Pagan.)
Surely you knew that?

I am aware that the date of the xmas festival was allegedly selected to
coincide with the pagan feast which which took place three days after the
winter solstice (there is a similar day three days after the summer solstice
which in the UK is called Midsummer Day).

I have no word 'romantication' ... if you meant 'romanticisation' (by best
guess via the english dictionary) then while the xmas festival may well have
been romanticised over the years, I fail to see why even if some influences
had pagan origins, the issue of snowfall could be selected as pagan.

Whether snow falls on that day (xmas) does seem to be of interest to
christians. I am unaware of any historical record of pagans being
interested in snowfall, or the lack thereof, on or around the winter
solstice. If you have a literary reference for such, I would be very
grateful.

Gianna