As Christmas at Pagan Holiday for the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the Point.

Last week, we received a note from a listener concerned about the pagan roots of the Christmas holiday.

It's something you hear about a lot this time of year that Christians quote-unquote borrowed lumber from pagans in order to build the traditions of Christmas.

Oftentimes critics point to things like the Christmas tree, the alignment of Jesus' birth with the Egyptian God Horace, and a Christian culture war against the practice of Saturnalia. A lot of these arguments

gained traction in a documentary called Religilist by liberal critic Bill Maher. To address this and

many other questions, Shane Morris invited Dr. Glenn Sunshine to the upstream podcast. The two

unpacked the historical roots of the

church embracing December 25th for the Christmas holiday. And they talk about what it means to

quote unquote spoil the Egyptians, as St. Augustin put it. And they lay a Christian worldview

foundation for the celebration of Christmas. Listen to this deep dive into the Christmas holiday

on Shane's podcast, Upstream,

or you can watch our What Would You Say video is Christmas a pagan holiday by going to what

would you say.org. That's what would you say.org. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the point.