Talk:Christmas

Believing in gods (or not)

I removed the bit saying "(The Doctor) stated in The Satan Pit that he doesn't believe in any god, so there for in the Doctor Who universe, Christmas is not a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ" because the Doctor does believe in the existence of people and beings who are worshipped as gods. After all, he's met them and fought them and even been one of them, even though he personally doesn't count them as gods. It's possible the Whoniverse version of Jesus might be one of them too. So you can't draw any firm conclusion about whether or not Christmas in the Doctor Who universe is or isn't a celebration of his birth.
--79.74.41.88 16:39, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Reduction of lead

I've removed the following from the lead:

It evolved from a number of religious and secular festivals over several millennia and eventually came to be widely recognized as a holiday celebrating the birth of ancient religious leader Jesus Christ, although it was also widely celebrated secularly

If such an assertion can be supported by evidence from DW fiction, I'm not aware of the source. If someone chooses to re-insert it, please back it up with a source from the Whoniverse, not the real world. CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 22:24, 14 April 2009 (UTC)