Christmas doesn't come from a pagan holiday?

BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: How December 25 Became Christmas (Andrew McGowan). Everyone knows the first explanation, but it has its problems. Few know about the second.

Originally published in Bible Review in 2002 and first noted by PaleoJudaica in 2010.

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