Quote Originally Posted by Tuuvi View Post
AFAIK most Christians believe Christ was born in the spring. Christmas just replaced whatever pagan festival took place around that time because it was convenient. The original Christian sabbath was on Saturday, and then was moved to Sunday. The tradition of giving gifts on Christmas is more of a recent practice.
Yeah. Mithras' day.

Quote Originally Posted by Tuuvi View Post
Also, Mithras is an Iranian god, so I have a hard time believing that he was worshiped on "Sunday" or that the headquarters of his religion was in Rome.
No. Mithras is the Roman sun god. Mithra is the Persian god. Mithras is the Roman adaptation of Mithra.