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Early worshippers of Jesus synthesized Christmas with the Roman holiday Saturnalia. German Christians later incorporated possibly pagan elements like evergreen trees. How did Christians in other parts of the world combine Christmas with their own local traditions?

by /u/Vladith in /r/AskHistorians

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