The REV TIM POWER powered into the controversy surrounding Christmas celebrations (or the perceived lack of them) in Nairn with a letter to the Nairnshire Telegraph. He said:
"The December date for Christmas appropriates some pagan religious festivals which pre-date the birth of Jesus. For example; in Julius Caesar's time worship and a December solstice festival was given over to the 'undefeated sun god' ".
Interesting Mr Power. Earlier in your letter you stated 'By turning away from the real 'reason for the season' we fall into the danger of celebrating nothing other than a period of swapping gifts and self-indulgence.' Now surely Mr Power it is the failure of Christian values and not Pagan ones that have allowed Christmas to become what it has become. Leave the pagans alone, how many wars have they started since the one they had against the Romans?
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