ORIGINS OF THE CHRISTMAS TRADITION

Christmas, as far as we know, dates back over 4000 years. Some of our traditions were celebrated centuries before Christ was born. The 12 days of Christmas, the Yule Log, giving and receiving of gifts, carol singers and the feasts over the Christmas period all of which can be tracked back to the early Mesopotamians.

The Mesopotamians celebrated New Years. This is how many of the traditions originated. The Mesopotamians believed in many gods, and as their chief god, Marduk. And every year when winter arrived it was said that.....