fun fact, if jesus was real he would have been born closer to april or may. the reason why 25th is christmas is because it was a ritual involving the winter solstace that christianity appropriated

Yep I know that, because shepherds n shit wouldn’t be out and about like that in the buttass winter for one thing

Christianity basically cannibalized Peganism in to a part of their own religion and it’s really gross. But they tend to do this to any cultures they can get their hands on, forcing them to change traditions or molding their traditions to Christianity in order to make forcing them easier.

The cross worn around the neck? That’s because of Thor’s hammer being flipped around. Pegans wore Thor’s hammer, it got turned in to a cross which is why it even has the shape it does instead of what Jesus’ actual cross likely looked like:

Thor’s hammer:

Pegan/Christian Thor’s Hammer/Cross combo:

It was a weird compromise where Vikings were like “well I guess we’ll worship the Christian god, too, along with our other gods just so they leave us alone”

They even tried to make the Pentagram a christian symbol by claiming it was the 5 wounds of Christ.

It was

a really awkward time