"Merry Christmas!"

"Okay boys & girls, Who put the the 'Christ' in 'Christmas'?"

"Christ did, yyyyaaaayyy!"...

... Actually (don't ya hate stuff that starts out w/ "actually"), many downplay divine meddling in human affairs (as they would sardonically put it) & blame regular ol' people for replacing the Winter Solstice timed annual celebration of the god Mithras, a soldier deity of the Roman Empire of much farther Eastern origins. Yes, it rhymes... in English! Which makes ya wonder just how English some British words are. Sort of like "Tuscaloosa" or "Alabama". "Auburn" actually is an English word, not just British.
Many would assume Christmas to be a pagan holiday. This is incorrect in my humble (yeah, right, Damien) opinion due to 2 things. 1, If the Winter Solstice was celebrated because folks had to cram inside a lot due to being cold and snowed in-- so, you better come up w/ a way to light up moral (crowded family can make for fighting). So celebration was the answer (light up the winter darkness-- ya w/ me?) & blah, blah, blah... I ask "Where's Christ's snow-shoes, huh?"
2, most reading this are of pagan ancestry, but are more recently of Christian ancestry. Does this "REPLACEMENT" not count? Do we consider the moving & shaking of holy men & women through the last 2,000 yrs. creating ways for our Goy selves to made part of the Judeo-Christian religion null & void? No? Then neither is Christmas pagan any more than we still are, right? Right!... now that's humble opinion for ya.
So, "Merry Christmas" & Happy belated Chinese New Year!
Oh, yeah, Buy Bonds & get your kids on centering prayer TODAY!