As we all know (or least should already know), Christmas is "loosely" based on the ancient Roman pagan Festival of Saturnalia . While there are some arguments as to it's true origin, Christmas holds many of the customs of this particular festival. For instance, the tradition of gift giving, eating, drinking and making merry, the hanging of boughs of holly, the mistletoe and the Christmas tree are all pagan in origin. We know that Jesus, the Christian savior, was not born on Christmas day; and the legend of St. Nicholas came much, much later. By the same token we know that reindeer are really caribou and that all of Santa's reindeer had to be female because male "reindeer" lose their antlers around this time of year. Not to mention there have been claims that reindeer can't even fly. (That's a sarcastic remark by the way folks!) Setting all that aside, you have to wonder ... what is the true meaning of Christmas? Why was it e...
