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[–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Just because we now call it yule (or Christmas in English speaking countries) doesn't mean it's no longer about the solstice/winter season like it was for thousands of years. Christ gets near zero attention for Christmas in my country. I've NEVER seen a nativity scene IRL.

Christ is just a later addition to a much older tradition for a lot of people. Not even an important one. Of course that's for us atheists and pagans, not Christians.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

    It's the name that's important, though. The origin of the name Christmas is from Christianity. For the whovillians to celebrate Christmas, Christianity has to exist in their universe.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    It's the English name for it. There's no guarantee that the whos even speak English. I doubt the Spartans in 300 spoke English, nor the Russians in Enemy at the Gates, but the spoken language in both movies was English.

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