Merry Christmas! Or should I say, Happy Saturnalia!

Did you know Christmas is not found in the Bible and it was never observed in the Bible? There is no historical evidence that Jesus’ birthday was actually in December.
 
So where did the celebration of Christmas come from?
 
Until I started doing research for my book, I thought Christmas was the product of clever retail advertisers, which to some degree it actually is, but the celebration of Christmas is based on the pagan celebration of the Winter Solstice.
  
Now before you label me a Scrooge let’s examine where the origins of celebrating Christmas really came from.
 
The origins of Christmas began in Rome, over 300 years ago. It was the yearly feast celebrated by the Romans who worshiped the god Saturn, the god of the Harvest. The celebration took place Dec. 17 through Dec. 27. This coincided with the ending of the winter solstice, a time for seasonal pagan worship and the sun now entering Capricorn on Dec. 21.
 
The Pagan Romans called this celebration “The Feast of Saturnalia,” to honor of their god Saturn. The festival consisted of exchanging “gifts.” On Dec. 25 they celebrated “The birth of the unconquerable Sun,” as the days of light would now begin to lengthen and the sun would now begin to regain its dominance.
 
The ancient Romans believed the sun would die during the winter solstice and rise from death as the solstice ended by the revolving of the earth in nature. Now doesn’t this sound a little like “Old Father Time” giving way to “Baby New Year” or the resurrection of Jesus?
 
Kronos or Saturn is usually depicted as an old man with the scythe (sickle) in the one hand. In the other hand, he holds a serpent which bites its own tail. The story of Saturn's swallowing his own children, which I incorporate into my vampire novel series” The Eye of Saturn” is a way of showing that time creates and then it destroys its creations.
 
The sickle, representing harvest and in the other hand a serpent, thus Saturn actually believes he can harvest the world, in his time, and this is what the people were celebrating each year—the god Saturn or Satan which some have suggested.
 
So, when you’re out drudging through the snow going to the mall, standing long lines buying gifts, you are keeping a long pagan tradition alive. “Saturn is the reason for the season” not Jesus. This could account for the record number of people who experience depression and isolation during the Christmas season. Saturn rules over the boundaries of personal awareness, conditions that are cold, dark, oppressive, or defined through weakness, decay or hard physical labor.
 
Saturn is the lord of winter, the enemy of the Sun. So, if you're feeling blue this Christmas, blame Saturn. 
 
I’m not suggesting to anyone to stop celebrating Christmas, but now you know what you are celebrating and the history behind it.
 
As I have learned from doing research for my book, the whole world continues to worship the god Saturn.
  
Merry Christmas! Io Saturnalia! Io Saturnalia! Io Saturnalia!
 
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