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Much stronger evidence for the long pagan history of Christmas is given in the Christian site http://www.goodnewsaboutgod.com/studies/holidays2.htm

It also describes Easter which is the most venerable Pagan festival, the spring equinox and the start of the solar year. Astarte or Ishtar (also Eostre) was the fertility goddess of the Chaldeans. The pagans of Greece and Rome also celebrated Easter, as of course do the Jews as Passover.