...excellent historical documentary describing the pagan celebratory roots (Saturnalia) of the Christmas tradition-- which today has devolved into a fictional Roman Catholic church narrative, incorporating pagan elements to satiate converts and bolster recruitment.

As a former Roman Catholic, this movie is a must see.
God and the Holy Spirit will open your eyes to the truth of paganism.

After watching ask yourself...
Whom this day will you serve?
God or man n the devil?

If it's not in the bible, why do it? Is it honoring to God?

Caryl is right on in all her documentaries, one only need to view them with a biblical worldview and not a worldview of the bible.

Bravo bravo!

This documentary proposes a benighted and ignorant explanation the origins of the traditional commemoration of Christmas. Don't buy into the Matriscianas' controverted, distorted presumptions on this subject.

QUOTE:

"Though it is true that December 25th was a pagan feast under the Roman calendar, the same is true of just about every other day on the calendar. It is also true that the early church made December 25th a Holy day of obligation, at the council of nicea in 325 AD, as a strategic move to prevent Christians from attending that pagan feast, but that does not mean the date was chosen for that purpose.

"The truth is that the celebration of December 25th as the Nativity of Our Lord can be traced back at least to 125 AD and the institution of the Midnight Christmas Mass by Bishop Telesphorus of Rome. Early Church Fathers Tertullion, Hippolytus, Cyril of Alexandria, and John Chrysostom all identified either December 25th or January 6th as Christ's date of birth. Pope Julius in the 4th century examined census documents brought by Titus to Rome to calculate the birth date of Christ and he, also, arrived at the date December 25.

"In fact, as far back as we can go, only two dates were generally excepted- December 25th and January 6th, with the majority adhering to the December date. This is why the early church established this space of time as the Christmas season.

"In the 2nd century, a massacre in the catacombs on December 25th was recorded as having occurred on the date of the Nativity.

"Alfred Edersheim, a Messianic Jew, wrote, 'There is no adequate reason for questioning the historical accuracy of this date. The objections generally made rest on grounds which seem to me historically untenable.'"

The case for December 25th, 2 BC, By Don Hartley, Deeper Truth Blog, Dec. 23, 2012
http://deepertruthblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/case-for-december-25th-2-bc.html

For a more thorough rebuttal of the Matriscianas' distorted explanations, read the entire Deeper Truth article.

Related Link--Rick Larson's website:

The Star of Bethlehem: the facts about the star of Christ
www.bethlehemstar.net/‎

Ciao,

Jeff