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40 Facts about the Church of Satan

Tim Flight August 29, 2019 27 min

24. The Church of Satan still celebrates Christmas

The Krampus, a demonic figure from Central European folklore, ruins Christmas for one naughty boy, Germany, early 20th Century. Owlcation

The Satanic Bible states that Satanism is all about indulgence. So it should come as no surprise that members celebrate Christmas, the only time of the year it is socially acceptable to make an absolute pig out of yourself whilst receiving gifts for simply being alive on December, 25. Of course, there’s a more pretentious explanation than, simply, ‘it’s fun’. ‘The Christians stole this holiday from the pagans—Santa Claus has come to signify indulgence, and he is a combination of Dionysos and Silenus from Roman and Greek myths.’ No wonder ‘Santa’ is an anagram of ‘Satan’.

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Tim Flight

I am a freelance historical and literary writer based in West Yorkshire, UK. I read for a funded PhD in English at the University of Oxford (Magdalen College) and graduated in 2016. I am a former lecturer in Medieval English Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. My publications include peer-reviewed articles in academic publications, and pieces in mainstream magazines such as History Today and Fortean Times. For more information, please see www.drflight.co.uk