Kind of like the origins of Krikkit eh philo?

It makes one wonder how our pagan ancestors made it through a decade with all that sacrificing kids and everything.

What a load of bollocks.

Bugsy,
I suggest you do some research rather than dismiss facts that can be accredited.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Boniface

http://www.religioustolerance.org/xmas_tree.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02656a.htm

Thanks for that, Philo.

Right up there with Beowulf, Tolkien and T. H. White.

All icons in culture had a spiritual beginning, like the ashes in cricket. That some choose not to believe the adaptation of the icon into a new culture does not dismiss the fact. It rather reflects their untelligent attitude of how social culture is formed.

That Australia has fireworks at most significant events had a beginning and it has now become a cultural tradition. To not have them is considered untraditional and may become in time if not part of celebration - unnaustralian. Other cultures like the Chinese have been doing it for centuries - does this mean we have merely adopted Chinese Culture.