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It is also absolutely correct that some British folk customs have descended directly from pagan rituals, such... the giving of presents and decoration of homes with greenery at midwinter.

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The habit of a midwinter festivity had come by the dawn of history (and probably very long before) to seem a natural one to the British, and not one to be eradicated by changes of political or religious fashion.... It was general custom in pagan Europe to decorate spaces with greenery and flowers for festivals, attested wherever records have survived.

Ronald Hutton

Ronald Hutton

Ronald Hutton

Born: December 19, 1953 (age 72)

Bio: Ronald Hutton is an English historian who specialises in the study of Early Modern Britain, British folklore, pre-Christian religion and contemporary Paganism.

Known for:

The Triumph of the Moon (1999)
The stations of the sun (1996)
The Druids (2007)

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