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1st Christmas celebration on Dec. 25 tied to pagan shrine in Rome

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Default 1st Christmas celebration on Dec. 25 tied to pagan shrine in Rome

4:00 AM, Dec 23, 2007 -

ROME -- The church where the tradition of celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25 may have begun was built near a pagan shrine as part of an effort to spread Christianity, a leading Italian scholar says.


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