Actually the term Pagan is a more modern term and over the years the definition has changed.
In Christ's day they did not call people Pagan.....Mostly Gentile. Some one that worships gods different than Judeo-Christian Gods.
Then you got Wicca.
Islam-Muslim beliefs are a corruption of the Jewish beliefs that occurred around the 7th century AD.
The Quran is a rewriting of the Hebrew Bible.
When the Apostle Paul started converting "Pagans" to Christianity the changed their religious beliefs but retained their Pagan culture and Christianized their holy-day-Holidays. Our wedding ceremonies come from the Gentile-Christians that Paul converted. So too our Sunday worship and Christmas and Easter from the 4th century Ecumenical Councils.
Evergreens play a big role in Pagan customs but Santa Claus and the Christmas tree
The custom was developed by Protestant Christians who brought decorated trees into their
homes, and it was Martin Luther who is credited with first adding lighted candles to an evergreen tree in the 16th century. The Christmas tree became a prominent part of the holiday's festivities in Germany by the 19th century and was popularized in Britain by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in the 1840s. The tradition spread to the United States in the 1820s, and by the 1870s, Christmas trees were a firmly established tradition in American homes.
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