Advent: When Christmas Became a Thing

Christmas is indeed a Very Big Deal, even for those who do not celebrate Christโ€™s birth. But how did it get to be Christendomโ€™s most celebrated holiday?

Advent: Saturnalia or Mithras?

Advent originally was a time of instruction, prayer, fasting and self-reflection, in preparation to be baptized in the new year.ย