Christians celebrate actually on festival day of Mithras. Mithraists Three times a day they worshiped, with special weekly ceremonials on the day of the sun-god and with the most elaborate observance of all on the annual festival of Mithras, December twenty-fifth. [1]
Modern peoples continue reveling in the lavish distribution of Christmas gifts, and rich men endow great institutions of philanthropy and learning. This make tham feel great men. [2]
The Maypole, the Christmas tree, and the superstitious practice of rapping on wood perpetuate certain of the ancient customs of tree worship and the later-day tree cults. [3]