Overcoming Christmas Controversies with Historical Realities : vimarsana.com

Today's holiday culture wars continue an ancient struggle, as Nat Parry explores in this adaptation from his new book, How Christmas Became Christmas: The Pagan and Christian Origins of the Beloved Holiday.



By Nat Parry
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In what may be the first salvo in this year’s War on Christmas,

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