Christmas and Easter are pagan holidays so why are they celebrated as the birth and rebirth of Jesus? I’ll tell you why. It all started in the 8th century when the Danes (pagans meaning they believe in rituals, sacrifices and multiple gods) invaded England who were majorly catholic and believed in one god. Why am I telling you this you ask? I’ll tell you why. The Anglo-Saxons believed that the Danes were savages for believing in more than one good and wished to share their religion. Many Danes changed religions and the Anglo-Saxons made many holidays that crossed the two cultures together. Christmas or as our Scandinavian brothers and sisters would call it, Yule Tide was created to celebrate the birth of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ, and celebrate the ending of harvest season and the beginning of Winter. Halloween is also a holiday created by the Anglos for the Danes. It was believed that on October 31st demons would be released upon this world looking for food and children to eat. It was customary to leave food out on the streets for said demons but as time progressed, starving children would take this food and eat it, bringing upon the tradition of Halloween. Easter was created for the Germans to celebrate Eostre, the goddess of eggs, rabbits among other things. In Old English April was known as Eostermonath.