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You are doing the same revisionism that others who advocate for 5th have done.
Using logic to argue that a tradition should be on a different day is silly. While you’re at it, renumber the years to reflect the year historians think Jesus was born, add a year zero, have 13 months of 28 days each and one spare holiday, rename the months so that October, November and December are the 8th, 9th and 10th months, and ban carols like “see amid the winter’s snow”, “in the bleak midwinter” and “we three kings of orient are”.
Traditions change. The Yule celebration is pagan, co-opted by the Christian Church, just to labour this point. The majority of people believe it’s the 5th and logic and the vast majority of sources agree; even the BBC is unequivocal, which is unlike them. You believe what you want but I’m not wasting any more time on this.
Good, because you’re wrong. Even scanning through the quoted references at the bottom of the article is beyond your ability to learn.
the vast majority of sources agree;
says the person who refuses to read them.
Traditions change.
Doesn’t make the American ones more correct than the original ones, just because there’s a lot of Americans. A lot of Americans voted for Trump; is he right?!
Read all the references at the end of the Wikipedia article.
You are doing the same revisionism that others who advocate for 5th have done.
Using logic to argue that a tradition should be on a different day is silly. While you’re at it, renumber the years to reflect the year historians think Jesus was born, add a year zero, have 13 months of 28 days each and one spare holiday, rename the months so that October, November and December are the 8th, 9th and 10th months, and ban carols like “see amid the winter’s snow”, “in the bleak midwinter” and “we three kings of orient are”.
No, I won’t.
Traditions change. The Yule celebration is pagan, co-opted by the Christian Church, just to labour this point. The majority of people believe it’s the 5th and logic and the vast majority of sources agree; even the BBC is unequivocal, which is unlike them. You believe what you want but I’m not wasting any more time on this.
Good, because you’re wrong. Even scanning through the quoted references at the bottom of the article is beyond your ability to learn.
says the person who refuses to read them.
Doesn’t make the American ones more correct than the original ones, just because there’s a lot of Americans. A lot of Americans voted for Trump; is he right?!