From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!rah Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Re: CHRISTMAS - (nf) Article-I.D.: npoiv.1754 Posted: Sun Jan 2 22:47:31 1983 Received: Mon Jan 3 00:53:58 1983 References: uiucdcs.1273 Easter is directly linked to the Jewish holy day of passover. More generally, Christianity became the state religion of the roman empire, so I would expect that some observances were a merger of some roman pagan holiday with a Christian excuse for a celebration. Rich Hammond, npoiv!rah