DID CATHOLICISM GIVE US PAGAN-WITCHCRAFT HOLIDAYS? [2of 2] Should we be against celebrating Christmas in December at the same time as Catholicism's Christ Mass (Christmas), the Catholicized version of the witches’ Yule ritual? Biblically, we know Christ's birth was probably in the Spring because Winter would not be a time to tend sheep in the hills. So, I get it that the date is wrong and Catholicism was merging with another pagan ritual day, but I'm all for celebrating the birth of Christ any time of year. That said, if we're going to celebrate Christmas (the birth of Christ) we should make it about that and not what the world's turned Christmas into, including occult activities honoring the pagan Yule ritual that is part of the witchcraft calendar. Likewise, if we're going to have a celebration at the same time as the pagan and Catholic “Easter,” (the witches’ “Ostara”), then let's celebrate “Resurrection Day” instead. Celebrating Jesus rising from dead is exciting to me but we Christians need to keep it biblical if we're going to have those celebrations along with the rest of today's society. Let's not kid ourselves like King Saul who thought he could pull off occult-witchcraft activity, as long as he did so in the dark with a disguise, thinking those would fool God. We do not want to ever merge Christianity with pagan witchcraft like Catholicism has because God does not put up with that. King Saul and all his sons died because of it. Catholicism also merged with the pagan ritual day of Samhain (sa' win), popularizing it into what we have today with Halloween.