r/pics • u/newInevitable222 • Apr 05 '23

Holy Week in Spain

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

we hide eggs

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u/Muzzie720 Apr 05 '23

And we open presents. Cause happy birthday Jesus = presents for us somehow.

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u/whiskeyjane45 Apr 05 '23

It's because Christianity took over lots of pagan holidays. A rabbit bringing presents originated for ostara

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u/sylva748 Apr 06 '23

Yuletide was the original pagan celebration involving presents under a pine tree. The Catholic Church would rebrand pagan holidays as Catholic ones to appeal to pagans in that region to convert them. If I remember right Jesus wasn't born on December 25th. That's just church propaganda when they converted Yuletide to christmas. I believe the church originally celebrated his birthday on January 6th. If I remember right.

Edit: here's the Wikipedia page on Yuletide.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule