jillio
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It is history. There is no religious dogma being taught by using Santa Claus as an opportunity to teach about Saint Nicholas and the gifts of the Magi (which, by the way, you are using as an example to support your claim christmas came from the pagans).
I have to question your approach to religious discussions since you do not seem to quite understand the difference between religion and history.
Nope. When you start including the birth of Christ, you are entering into the domain of religion. In fact, you are specfically talking about a Christian myth when you refer to the Gifts of the Magi.
You must be terribly confused. The pagans were celebrating winter solstice eons before the myth of the virgin birth. The Christians stole the date and assigned it as the birthday of Christ. In fact, if you want to teach history, teach that it is not the birthday of Christ, and historical evidence supports a spring time birth of the individual that the Christians call their savior.
I am not the one confusing history and myth.