Adam Ruins Everything - The Drunken, Pagan History of Christmas

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    Adam Ruins Everything - The Drunken, Pagan History of Christmas

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  • @NoelRose2912
    @NoelRose2912 7 років тому +655

    Ah, so when my grandpa and his brothers would get in a drunken brawl every Christmas throughout the 70s and 80s, they were really just being festive.

  • @112steinway
    @112steinway 7 років тому +1305

    Suddenly lines like "Oh bring us some figgy pudding" and "we won't go until we get some" take on a much more ominous meaning.

  • @matthewkincanon9674
    @matthewkincanon9674 Рік тому +52

    Several Christmas traditions also came from A Christmas Carol. It not only made the holiday more popular, it also led to encouraging generosity, family gatherings, seasonal food, wishing people Merry Christmas, and gift giving, among other traditions we all know today.

    • @tonybarfridge4369
      @tonybarfridge4369 Рік тому

      You can have family gatherings without tarnishing it with pagan festivities and revelries. All things God despises and are coming to their destruction

  • @dirtburger2773
    @dirtburger2773 7 років тому +214

    and they mocked me when I said I wanted to get drunk in the woods for christmas. who's laughing now DAD?!

    • @cwbird12
      @cwbird12 2 роки тому +2

      Drunkenness is a sin, that’s why.

    • @iamwell5654
      @iamwell5654 2 роки тому +1

      Lol 😆

    • @lavasqrl702
      @lavasqrl702 2 роки тому +3

      @@cwbird12 *Beethoven's 5th: Nobody cares cover*

    • @righthandstep5
      @righthandstep5 2 роки тому +1

      if you dont hurt anyone, GO FOR IT

    • @johnestupido1418
      @johnestupido1418 Рік тому

      What? I have been doing that for 40 years!

  • @Sajukhar
    @Sajukhar 2 роки тому +42

    Why do I feel Adam didn't ruin Christmas at all and actually made it better lol also still showing this to friends 5 years later XD

  • @trin3052
    @trin3052 5 років тому +424

    Five shillings... Four calling birds, three French hens, and now I have to pay the fine tooooooooooo.

    • @DemopanTF2
      @DemopanTF2 4 роки тому +11

      You forgot the two turtle doves between the hens and having to pay the fine.

    • @Smthn_Wicked
      @Smthn_Wicked 4 роки тому +1

      HMMM

    • @trin3052
      @trin3052 4 роки тому +4

      @@DemopanTF2 lawyers got to me first

    • @gilbertomartinez7516
      @gilbertomartinez7516 4 роки тому +1

      Hey, do you know that the person saying this is actually the voice actor of Jimmy Neutron.

    • @legend_gamer0474
      @legend_gamer0474 3 роки тому +1

      @@gilbertomartinez7516 I knew her voice sounded familiar.

  • @bmckin2011
    @bmckin2011 7 років тому +1406

    As a Christian, it’s 100% true! Nothing makes my hair stand up more than “Christmas is a sacred Christian holiday!” No...it was designed to cover up the orgies, lol! I love this time of year, and it’s great for ministry, but it’s not formed by God. The only thing we’re asked to observe is communion and the sabbath day! And yes, I’m a Biblical major as well, lol! 👍🏻

    • @Zhello79
      @Zhello79 6 років тому +15

      jf2006 mckin The sad thing is even today people do wicked and immoral things on this holiday, what is new and more public now is stealing and theft.

    • @shetheyandkindagay
      @shetheyandkindagay 6 років тому +3

      YES I completely agree omg!

    • @mcmacmilk4937
      @mcmacmilk4937 6 років тому +10

      Thing is Christmas was named after CHRIST it’s not called Orgiemas The holiday is religious not historic

    • @shetheyandkindagay
      @shetheyandkindagay 6 років тому +23

      McMacMilk Orgies for Jesus!!

    • @irregulargamer1352
      @irregulargamer1352 6 років тому +9

      the holidays are what you make of it, man. I think its a great holiday for the cold months and family and if thats not what its supposed to be then whatever, its my families' Christmas not yours.

  • @skyfirezn
    @skyfirezn 7 років тому +748

    i wish we could see the full length episodes in the rest of the world not just for people in the us

    • @thewitheringproduction1761
      @thewitheringproduction1761 7 років тому +10

      but as a georgian (the country) i thought the us was the only country

    • @KaitoGillscale
      @KaitoGillscale 7 років тому +5

      Find the episode title and look it up on "free-TV-project"

    • @kennylex
      @kennylex 7 років тому +6

      You maybe want to learn how to sing Opera with VPN?

    • @Username-pl2ow
      @Username-pl2ow 7 років тому

      Rex Kenny whats that?

    • @kennylex
      @kennylex 7 років тому +2

      yoo wee Opera is a browser with a VPN, it can give you an American or European IP adress when browsing.

  • @shamiyanahlogia4135
    @shamiyanahlogia4135 7 років тому +51

    I did a detailed oral report on Saturnalia in the 8th grade after being assigned "Christmas" as the subject for my report; the class thought I was a crazy person, religious teacher included!

    • @PraiseYahMinistry
      @PraiseYahMinistry Рік тому +5

      Not only all of this, but when we celebrate "Christmas" we're NOT celebrating birth of Yeshua we're celebrating the sun "god" that the Romans worshipped. All the pride and thanks don't even go to Yeshua. And it doesn't just stop with Christmas. It's all basic "holidays". You want to celebrate anything around the winter time, celebrate Hanukkah

    • @thecollector4332
      @thecollector4332 5 місяців тому +3

      Saturnalia and Christmas have nothing to do with each other and they weren’t even celebrated on the same day.

    • @mauryanempire7503
      @mauryanempire7503 20 днів тому +1

      ​@@PraiseYahMinistryHanukkah wasn't Jesus birthday

    • @PraiseYahMinistry
      @PraiseYahMinistry 20 днів тому

      @@mauryanempire7503 never said it was

  • @benb25504
    @benb25504 6 років тому +60

    Hence the “bring us some figgy pudding” line

    • @mainmac
      @mainmac 4 роки тому +2

      they should have repeated those two lines over and over again, getting more strident until they brought the figgy pudding

    • @Gilleban
      @Gilleban 3 роки тому +3

      @@mainmac They did...and the lyrics got worse and worse until all your neighbors knew what a cheapskate you were.

  • @仲森雪-c9z
    @仲森雪-c9z 7 років тому +2081

    I showed my Christian mom and she called him evil and a sinner .-.

    • @olotocolo
      @olotocolo 7 років тому +205

      askher why do you deorate christma tree. And then ask how many conifer trees there are in Palestine.

    • @pretentiousred6159
      @pretentiousred6159 7 років тому +146

      Ciel Phantomhive yet she is the one celebrating a pagan holiday.

    • @forzaacmilan36
      @forzaacmilan36 7 років тому +53

      +Naxster I'm so glad that you said "Palestine" instead of that country that shalt not be named

    • @Tdisputations
      @Tdisputations 7 років тому +13

      proudwonk So, you disagreed with one of IP's videos, therefore, all of his videos are false? Sounds like you make bad arguments.

    • @Tdisputations
      @Tdisputations 7 років тому +7

      The question here is whether IP's video on Christmas is wrong. Even if every single video he had ever made before that video were wrong, it wouldn't mean he is wrong on Christmas. You are using the genetic fallacy here.

  • @krisreese6754
    @krisreese6754 7 років тому +160

    Adam should tell this to the war on Christmas folks who get up in arms about everything every December. Christmas is really what you make it.

    • @jacobdietz1444
      @jacobdietz1444 6 років тому +1

      Christmas isn't what you make if, but the random pagan traditions that modern American culture celebrates around the same time are whatever you make them.

    • @Lil_Goggles
      @Lil_Goggles 6 років тому +4

      Not.. really.. we would not have Christmas if not for Jesus.. all Christmas is is celebrating Jesus' birth

    • @victorious1929
      @victorious1929 4 роки тому +3

      Kris Reese celebrating Christmas is disobedience to God, you don’t get to put your own rules on something God said not to do. Jeremiah 10, tells you not to put a Christmas tree up. So your point again is?

    • @dezynezsezlive5576
      @dezynezsezlive5576 4 роки тому +1

      Passover people. Thats what Christians should be celebrating Plain and simple. It's the only holiday mentioned in the bible. And it's full of traditions and story telling.

    • @jilp2002
      @jilp2002 2 роки тому +1

      @@dezynezsezlive5576 shut up

  • @Patrickyang100
    @Patrickyang100 6 років тому +200

    Norsemen celebrates Yule: Correct
    Norsemen wear horned helmets: Wrong

    • @jeffbrehove2614
      @jeffbrehove2614 4 роки тому +10

      Adam did mention this a separate Collegehumor vid. The iron maiden wasn't completely a thing.

    • @GaryTurbo
      @GaryTurbo 3 роки тому +1

      That sucks

    • @ruslans2006
      @ruslans2006 2 роки тому +4

      Norsemen did wear horned helmets, but only in ceremonies and other occassions, but never in battle.

    • @risyanthbalaji805
      @risyanthbalaji805 2 роки тому +1

      @@ruslans2006 because they are good target

    • @ruslans2006
      @ruslans2006 2 роки тому

      @@risyanthbalaji805 ye

  • @rocknrollbuckaroo5201
    @rocknrollbuckaroo5201 4 роки тому +14

    I love this video it helps so much when I’m trying to explain it to people

  • @Channel-rh7lh
    @Channel-rh7lh 7 років тому +6

    2:11 I guess that's why they have the "figgy pudding" part in "We Wish You A Merry Christmas".

  • @RealUlrichLeland
    @RealUlrichLeland 7 років тому +90

    You missed out how the puritan leader of England Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas after winning the civil war and executing the king. He made himself the Lord Protector of England and banned the theater, drinking and made Christmas a time of fasting. But people hated fasting at Christmas so much that when he died they brought back the dead Kings son, Charles II. The Puritans disbanded soon after and many of them went to America.

    • @Handles-Suck-YouTube
      @Handles-Suck-YouTube 5 років тому +10

      Not to mention that they later disinterred Cromwell's corpse, tried the body, decapitated it, and put the head on a spike.
      Not a popular dude.

    • @RogbodgeVideo
      @RogbodgeVideo 5 років тому +5

      @@Handles-Suck-UA-cam And a hypocrite - he banned Christmas and Easter, but enjoyed music and smoking!

  • @ado75
    @ado75 7 років тому +144

    In Ireland we've done nothing but the drunken party thing since pagan times... Solstice, Christmas, whatever... where's the vino!

    • @lynxierose1226
      @lynxierose1226 6 років тому +1

      Where every night is Christmas! Jk

    • @colindear5416
      @colindear5416 6 років тому +3

      Make Christmas pagan again lol.

    • @Thunor93
      @Thunor93 6 років тому +1

      True that and the usual fist fight don't forget the usual fist fight

    • @sorban5352
      @sorban5352 5 років тому

      Exist one Ireland party who don't get drunk in Ireland !? Republic or North Ireland ?

  • @xxxxjuanitaxxx8942
    @xxxxjuanitaxxx8942 7 років тому +233

    I'm a Christian and you've just answered every question I've had. Thanks

    • @arfived4
      @arfived4 7 років тому +5

      The only indication in the new testament as to when jesus was born is the passage regarding the shepherds, which indicates that he was born in the spring. This fits with the first century jewish tradition that prophets always died on their birthday.
      That said, this is only an indication of when the early christian writers believed that he was born, and the former may very well have been formulated based on the latter.

    • @xXLiLJokerXx
      @xXLiLJokerXx 7 років тому +6

      well it's partly based on descriptions of temperature and logic. Basically if Jesus was born in December he would be frozen by the morning due to the severe temperatures of the desert night during winter (joseph and mary might not have even made it to the farm because they would have likely died due to hypothermia on the way). There is also the instance of the shepherds journey which based on the description of the north star and the fact this indicates he was born during spring which completly throws the myth that he was born in christmas out the window. Matter of fact easter is closer to the birth of jesus, weird huh?

    • @Gichris21
      @Gichris21 7 років тому +1

      This is actually wrong. Most theologians and historians put his birth in September for a number of reasons. Most importantly are the historians of the age like Josephus (Jewish roman historian) and Lucian (full roman historian) among others. The misconception is that Christians get all their information from the bible and the bible alone. This is not the case the apocrypha and other texts hold many canonical books and we take a lot from non-bias historians at the time because we realize if we just use someone like Josephus any information could come out bias. But when you combine the information written by both a bias and non-bias historian and it matches up well that just leads to the truth and actual facts.
      This is why people who take roman history for full fact and scoff at roman era biblical history crack me up. Because those same people do the same thing they blame Christians of doing which is believing in something without facts. But almost everything we know of that time period from Rome comes from three historians including the two i have mentioned and the third i didn't simply because i can not remember his name nor do i feel like trying to look it up.

    • @arfived4
      @arfived4 7 років тому +1

      Christopher Tarver "But almost everything we know of that time period from Rome comes from three historians "
      I think you'll find that the first century AD is a little better sourced than that.

    • @Gichris21
      @Gichris21 7 років тому

      Absolutely, but as Rome dominated the world most of that specific time frame and for that specific region most of what we take for christian history(outside of sacred texts) comes from a handful of historians such as titus and lucian among the plethora of other written history or events. But i would argue for you to find a source from the first century that wasn't a part of the roman people that is used in arguments today. The main reason those few historians are talked about in context more often to the rest is for a number of reasons most importantly how close they where to the time frame of Christs death. The further you get from an event the further from the truth most people get. This can be seen in a number of examples from King James placing stories that were popular on the streets in his bible that where never in the text before to more secular events like the battle of 1066 in Hasting where monks wrote about a extremely high soldier count when there isn't any possible way those amount of men could even fit onto the field of battle at the time.

  • @Mugruncher
    @Mugruncher Рік тому +16

    Australian Christmas is still all about drunken parties and occasional crime

  • @sonofgonzo5805
    @sonofgonzo5805 2 роки тому +10

    This just makes christmas even more awesome now.

    • @ranelgallardo7031
      @ranelgallardo7031 Рік тому +2

      A lot of the old Christmas stuff has been transferred to other holidays. Mardi Gras/Carnival contains a lot of the crazy drunk fests. Also Trick or Treating in Halloween has partial origins in the “knocking on other doors to get stuff if they don’t they got threatened with Christmas violence”.

  • @comandercarnis
    @comandercarnis 7 років тому +780

    Kinda knew this already I'm honestly surprised more people don't know the truth.

    • @demeritnation
      @demeritnation 7 років тому +11

      i think this just added more information to it

    • @JohnDoe-lh1fy
      @JohnDoe-lh1fy 7 років тому +28

      Actually a lot more was left out. There is evidence that a form of Christmas was celebrated even before the Romans; and it involved decorating an evergreen tree with gold and silver. The Old Testament even has an obscure passage condemning it...oHHHH the irony!

    • @comandercarnis
      @comandercarnis 7 років тому +10

      John Doe Yeah my mom told me christmas was a pagan holiday and that church only accepted it to keep followers.

    • @NoU-jc4kq
      @NoU-jc4kq 7 років тому +1

      Knower of truth Me Too

    • @ThomasLeffler
      @ThomasLeffler 7 років тому +9

      Oh I agree it like Easter were we have the resurrecting of Christ but then we have the Easter Bunny. For the Easter Bunny is this Pagan part of this holiday represents fertility... and we have our kids looking for the Easter eggs that a Bunny laid. Figure that one out lol

  • @spy4863
    @spy4863 7 років тому +14

    Love how they're animated like The Peanuts Gang in "A Charlie Brown Christmas"! He should have also parodied the Rankin-Bass Christmas Specials with stop-motion puppets of himself and his sister!!

  • @lordweebus4367
    @lordweebus4367 7 років тому +491

    I like the old Christmas better😆

    • @barroldtrumboma9162
      @barroldtrumboma9162 7 років тому +1

      Bloody Rose www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2007/12/evidence-december-25-is-the-right-day/

    • @adamgallimore8905
      @adamgallimore8905 7 років тому +48

      The old chrsitmas is basically Black Friday now. Just think about all the violence there is. The absence of violence has filled itself back in.

    • @baye2144
      @baye2144 7 років тому

      Veith? Really? xDDD

    • @YujiUedaFan
      @YujiUedaFan 7 років тому +3

      I hate American Christmas, because they open their presents on Christmas eve, which is so sick and wrong!

    • @billybobproductions2261
      @billybobproductions2261 7 років тому +3

      Ueda Yuuji Fan no only some do

  • @Crazylegoman3791
    @Crazylegoman3791 5 років тому +15

    Honestly, this makes Christmas even better! 👍

  • @WarbirdPhoenix
    @WarbirdPhoenix 5 років тому +7

    No wonder having a drunken good time at a Irish pub during the Christmas holidays felt so right,lol

  • @xander2698
    @xander2698 7 років тому +40

    2:29
    Sounds like Jimmy Neutron

  • @MouseGoat
    @MouseGoat 7 років тому +46

    It's still called Jul here in Denmark ^^
    and it's still all about getting drunk.
    SO HAPPY JUL FOLKS! :D

    • @middleofnowhere98
      @middleofnowhere98 5 років тому

      Oh boy, do people drink around Christmas. Our Christmas parties are known for people hooking up and as far as I know infidelity spikes during Jul.
      But it's really what you make it.

    • @canislunaticus
      @canislunaticus 5 років тому

      Same here in Norway, but it's disappointing that we don't learn this in school

    • @bobross3937
      @bobross3937 3 роки тому

      Guess I'm moving to Denmark.

  • @perfectloser55
    @perfectloser55 7 років тому +35

    Isn't that old English Christmas just a harcore trick-or-treat?

  • @gocanadayayyy
    @gocanadayayyy 6 років тому +8

    Also seems like a logical thing to do that close to the winter solstice when there's not a lot of sunlight and everything is cold and dark. Why not throw a party at the darkest time of year? Makes sense to me. There's no sunlight but we can have tons of pretty lights, family, tasty food, a spirit of giving and generosity... makes it a lot nicer :)

  • @mygrains5013
    @mygrains5013 Рік тому +16

    And another truth is that Christmas is WAY too commercialized nowadays, greedy companies putting Christmas stuff out mid-September to get as much money as they can :)

    • @AccipiterSmith
      @AccipiterSmith Рік тому

      Christmas wasn't always about giving or being with your love ones and it will never be. If they want the true spirit of Christmas to be celebrated, maybe the Catholic priests and Protestant preachers needed to confess for molesting a children honestly and live in front of all the people.

    • @kellywalker1664
      @kellywalker1664 6 місяців тому

      Damn Clement Clark Moore. And those Knickerbockers, too.

    • @dejus_e
      @dejus_e 14 днів тому

      Surprisingly, that’s what The Charlie Brown Christmas was talking about

  • @frisianmouve
    @frisianmouve 7 років тому +1181

    Let's make Christmas pagan again! Praise Saturn!

    • @delewdsional8020
      @delewdsional8020 7 років тому +4

      frisianmouve celebrate it how you want it dude.

    • @PikaFreakenChu
      @PikaFreakenChu 7 років тому +6

      Kronos*

    • @cjt354
      @cjt354 7 років тому +25

      +pablo garcia
      No, Saturn. A, the festival was Roman and B, it was called Saturnalia for a reason.

    • @Secretman33
      @Secretman33 7 років тому +2

      cjt354 that just a random coincidence it not like the name of the planet/God is in the word oh wait

    • @PikaFreakenChu
      @PikaFreakenChu 7 років тому +1

      cjt354 good point (still prefer the greek version)

  • @GrumpyStormtrooper
    @GrumpyStormtrooper 7 років тому +818

    I thought this was a known thing
    Don't Americans do history in school?

    • @nosreve21
      @nosreve21 7 років тому +70

      Grumpy Stormtrooper They skiped this in my history class... :(

    • @GrumpyStormtrooper
      @GrumpyStormtrooper 7 років тому +6

      Everson Nieves​ y tho

    • @nosreve21
      @nosreve21 7 років тому +73

      Grumpy Stormtrooper Im going to asume they are just obsesed with their Christianity.... In my science class in High Shool they never even mentioned evolution. I learned about this on UA-cam.

    • @EvangalineRose
      @EvangalineRose 7 років тому +85

      Grumpy Stormtrooper Because society is so harsh on "keeping Christmas christian" that they won't let any actual history proving otherwise be taught. They just straight up refuse it.

    • @GrumpyStormtrooper
      @GrumpyStormtrooper 7 років тому +34

      Everson Nieves That's insane, they didn't even teach you basic information about mankind because of a religion.

  • @EricLing64
    @EricLing64 7 років тому +125

    Best estimates are Jesus was born in September, like Harry Potter was born in July, both fictional biographies but if you want to be proper about your religion or fanclub, at least get it right.

    • @logansmith7517
      @logansmith7517 7 років тому +19

      Eric Ling And Jesus didn't exist in your version of history? Because an overwhelming majority of historians attest that Jesus was a real person. Whether you believe in his divinity or not, you cannot dispute his existence: It's not fictional.

    • @KaitoGillscale
      @KaitoGillscale 7 років тому

      My mother and aunt (who have studied the bible for like 40 years) say that he was born closer to Halloween than Christmans.

    • @EricLing64
      @EricLing64 7 років тому +14

      Sure I can, mostly because I don't care, a guy named Bob probably existed too, and his friends may have made myths about him like Chuck Norris jokes. Does it matter if anyone celebrates his not-birthday? Happy not-birthday Bob!

    • @logansmith7517
      @logansmith7517 7 років тому +3

      Eric Ling I agree with your statement that the birth of Jesus did not occur on December 25. However, your statement about how Jesus is fictional is simply untrue.

    • @johnedwards1968
      @johnedwards1968 7 років тому +11

      Logan Smith A century ago, most historians did NOT believe in a historical Jesus, and there is literally no new evidence. What most historians believe, is almost entirely irrelevant, as there is no actual historical evidence of Jesus existence.

  • @Brandonhayhew
    @Brandonhayhew 24 дні тому +1

    Christmas has a long history of developing and changing

  • @deltathecomic4765
    @deltathecomic4765 6 років тому +20

    This is one I actually knew about! The Wiccan and Pagan holiday Yule, or the winter solstice. Perfect times for doing spells because of the moon's position....

    • @aidantrojan3710
      @aidantrojan3710 3 роки тому +4

      Wicca is a relatively new concept, Yule and the solstice have been celebrated for thousands of years longer than Wicca has even been around.

    • @joescott4778
      @joescott4778 2 роки тому

      @@aidantrojan3710 True story. Wicca is a young practice on the scale of things. Witchcraft predates it by centuries

  • @anthonybenvenuti4557
    @anthonybenvenuti4557 7 років тому +17

    Adam, I wished a whole lot more people viewed the majority of your videos and became more informed about very common misconceptions. Knowledge is power and people need to change the views that they blindly believed because they were told by someone they trusted

  • @omega5040
    @omega5040 7 років тому +201

    let's get drunk and knock on rich people home's :D

    • @akd30
      @akd30 7 років тому +3

      omega5040 YEAH

    • @hectorandresmartinezluna312
      @hectorandresmartinezluna312 6 років тому +5

      omega5040
      Sound like a teen Halloween to me

    • @Apple_totz
      @Apple_totz 6 років тому

      It was at 111 likes a perfect number, then I liked it so it became 112 likes...I'M SO DAMB EVIL

    • @camellias.7106
      @camellias.7106 6 років тому

      Im up for it!

    • @jackyzhu9761
      @jackyzhu9761 6 років тому

      Worst

  • @DallasMay
    @DallasMay 7 років тому +61

    I think I'm going to advocate against allowing people to celebrate Christmas by threatening rich people with physical violence.

  • @rainwitchansy
    @rainwitchansy 4 роки тому +21

    Wanna know the fun part? My namesake, St. Anastasia, has her feast day on Dec 25. She was a Roman martyr who stood up to her pagan husband and the government for her faith, and was so honored by her courage (and her miraculous survival of multiple execution attempts), she’s named in the long form of the Mass. Since Christmas started being celebrated on the 25th, she just became another name no one can pronounce right :/

    • @sammyvictors2603
      @sammyvictors2603 Рік тому

      Her name means "resurrection" which in Christian context is foreshadowing.

  • @morganrogue5305
    @morganrogue5305 5 років тому +2

    I really like the message at the end.

  • @TheFloatingSheep
    @TheFloatingSheep 7 років тому +17

    Somebody send this to Ken Ham

    • @kennylex
      @kennylex 7 років тому +4

      He will just say that history do not evolve like that and therefore is that history as false as the fossil record.

    • @TheYpurias
      @TheYpurias 7 років тому +3

      Don't bother. Some of the big Creationists aren't mistaken, just liars. I realized that about Ken Ham about the time Hitchens defined atheism for him again and Ham, despite having been told this definition previously, is like "So you're claiming it's some kind of ah-theism..."

    • @ThumpertTheFascistCottontail
      @ThumpertTheFascistCottontail 7 років тому +9

      You can't have a logical, rational conversation with an illogical, irrational person.
      Merry whatever, my fellow pagans.

    • @ashtongiertz8728
      @ashtongiertz8728 2 роки тому

      He'll just point you to the massive pile of historical and archeological evidence debunking this.

  • @jacksonbland8793
    @jacksonbland8793 7 років тому +169

    Anyone else heard jimmy neutron in this

    • @BlueAnteater
      @BlueAnteater 7 років тому +20

      Debi Derryberry did a few of the voices, yes. =)

    • @Bradman175
      @Bradman175 7 років тому +6

      jimmy nutrin
      the pizza is aggressive

    • @chantaldorado4694
      @chantaldorado4694 7 років тому

      Yes

    • @asiabrown99
      @asiabrown99 6 років тому

      S L. That's not her.

    • @asiabrown99
      @asiabrown99 6 років тому

      S L. Never mind. I heard Luan too.

  • @Absityy
    @Absityy 7 років тому +226

    Why Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate Christmas in a quick nutshell.

    • @dontcareok7286
      @dontcareok7286 5 років тому +18

      because we knew about what adam just told you. BECAUSE they also have common sense

    • @TyrellWellickEcorp
      @TyrellWellickEcorp 5 років тому +39

      Probably the ONLY smart thing about the Jehovah Witnesses is that they dont celebrate Christmas. They are a cult themselves. There are so many things wrong with Jehovah witnesses it’s not even funny

    • @itsthequenchiest5072
      @itsthequenchiest5072 5 років тому +5

      @@TyrellWellickEcorp As child of a Jehovah's witness, i kinda do find the religion pretty strange and cynic, i guess

    • @mellykwan5609
      @mellykwan5609 5 років тому +10

      @@TyrellWellickEcorp cult is defined by worshipping a figure or a man....who or what are they worshipping?...I love how people say these things but mostly it's just there personal feeling rather than facts...you might have the confused with the Mormons who worship a man

    • @BSR-zy2so
      @BSR-zy2so 5 років тому +8

      @Melly Kwan Even if it doesn’t meet the dictionary definition of a cult, you have to admit that the religion has qualities that resemble cults. It definitely hits many points on the BITE model, for instance.
      Personally, I have a few friends who were disfellowshipped from the Jehovah’s Witnesses for a variety of reasons, most of which are no big deal. Their families who are JWs are required to shun them, and they can have the same thing happen to them if they refuse. It’s just so frustrating to watch the way members of their congregation turn away when they walk by.
      For anyone looking to learn more about this issue, I would recommend a UA-camr called Telltale. He used to be a JW and talks a lot about the abuses of the religion.

  •  2 роки тому +1

    this actually makes it cooler

  • @gwendolynns
    @gwendolynns 2 роки тому +1

    Just recently got into Adam RE - loved being surprised by River Butcher in this video!

  • @gamera9118
    @gamera9118 6 років тому +8

    2:35 JIMMY NEUTRON

  • @adonis4697
    @adonis4697 6 років тому +4

    "... All crime is legal, it's purge time, baby." lol

  • @TheNocturnalLogician
    @TheNocturnalLogician 7 років тому +10

    Damn, Adam, I freakin' love you, man! Every segment you do is awesome. Can't wait to keep watching more.

  • @dillenhodgson6746
    @dillenhodgson6746 7 років тому +2

    *I love Adam, please continue to ruin everything*

  • @lilkrazykittay4612
    @lilkrazykittay4612 4 роки тому +2

    I can't wait to play this on Christmas morning
    telling the story about how the grinch died after Christmas will be the least their problems lol

  • @SkyLukeComedy
    @SkyLukeComedy 7 років тому +27

    remember to thank Scotland Ireland, Germany, and spain. For all the happy songs and too much alcohol. Without it we would still be fighting rich people.

  • @thecollector4332
    @thecollector4332 5 місяців тому +6

    Yule didn’t even begin until the 5th or 6th century. Christianity was already the state religion in Rome around that time.

  • @FrankSinatraTheSecond
    @FrankSinatraTheSecond 2 роки тому +4

    This gives me a reason to get drunk on Christmas

  • @BeastOfTraal
    @BeastOfTraal 7 років тому +1

    Bring us a figgy pudding. We wont go until we get some.

  • @EnigmaEnginseer
    @EnigmaEnginseer 5 років тому +1

    I think the best part of Christmas is that there are so many ways to celebrate it

  • @QuartzIsAnOxide
    @QuartzIsAnOxide 7 років тому +5

    "Instead of worrying that christmas isn't christian anymore" I'm looking at you Joshua Feuerstein!

  • @akrybion
    @akrybion 7 років тому +448

    #BringbackSaturnalia! Io Saturnalia!

    • @SalaComMander
      @SalaComMander 7 років тому +17

      #PutTheSaturnBackInSaturnalia

    • @leredspy6815
      @leredspy6815 7 років тому +3

      akrybion #BringYuleback

    • @EvangalineRose
      @EvangalineRose 7 років тому +3

      Tudor Ivancea Yule never left lol. It's still celebrated but on the 21st because it's the longest night of the year.

    • @leredspy6815
      @leredspy6815 7 років тому

      Evangaline Friedemann did they change the name?

    • @EvangalineRose
      @EvangalineRose 7 років тому

      Tudor Ivancea Nope, still called Yule.

  • @cass5228
    @cass5228 6 років тому +4

    Not to mention that if you look at the stories of when Mary found out she was pregnant and when they went to Bethlehem, plus the historical records around when that tax counting took place, jesus was more likely to be born in late spring early summer.

  • @williamstout924
    @williamstout924 7 років тому +1

    that's why the battle of Trenton happened in the revolutionary war. a bunch of German mercenaries partied and got drunk for Christmas and the Americans who didn't took them by surprise and attacked

  • @RaphialLee
    @RaphialLee Рік тому +1

    Ohhh I see a debate coming on. Love to hear you debate with inspiration philosophy on this.

  • @giovannaelliott2116
    @giovannaelliott2116 7 років тому +5

    "Keep Christ in Christmas!"
    "Jesus is the reason for the season!"
    .....lol yea

  • @theawesomeMikeMike09
    @theawesomeMikeMike09 7 років тому +11

    2:29
    Is that Jimmy Neutron?

  • @elysium76
    @elysium76 7 років тому +24

    I thought this was common knowledge

    • @ricya1982
      @ricya1982 4 роки тому

      elysium76 nope! You'll be surprised. Just ask around

  • @nintendo9231889
    @nintendo9231889 5 років тому +2

    Bring back the British version of Christmas! That sounds awesome!

  • @gregorykelly2871
    @gregorykelly2871 10 місяців тому +2

    Sometimes I watch these and wonder "How is this ruining anything? I KNEW this already by reading books, articles, and whatever I can get my hands on at school." Then I remember some people don't read and have problems having a coherent thought.

  • @xman5393
    @xman5393 7 років тому +94

    birth of the sun of the son.... I see what you did there Christianity ;0

    • @DarkLink1996
      @DarkLink1996 7 років тому +7

      He's On To Us! Run!!!!

    • @EmilioReyes_97
      @EmilioReyes_97 6 років тому

      Fan2La88 YOU'LL NEVER TAKE US ALIVE

    • @ATR2400-2
      @ATR2400-2 6 років тому

      Jesus was born in the summer.

    • @jacobdietz1444
      @jacobdietz1444 6 років тому +1

      They didn't speak English back then lol. English didn't exist.

    • @feliciapate7926
      @feliciapate7926 5 років тому

      Not to mention all the solar good stuff like haloes and being a light for the world. Some even think Jesus was a straight-up Roman rip-off of Mithras, Heracles, and the like. Others suggest we can blame the Flavian emperors for him.

  • @finnlymore3110
    @finnlymore3110 6 років тому +6

    “A terrifying Mardi Gras”

    • @rotz394
      @rotz394 4 роки тому +1

      It's more like The Purge.

  • @prothvargaming9583
    @prothvargaming9583 5 років тому +54

    Love when people disagree with someone using sources, and facts, so he has to be a far left. lol.

    • @outwiththem
      @outwiththem 4 роки тому +1

      History Ruins Everything..

    • @bruceburns405
      @bruceburns405 4 роки тому

      When did he cite a source?

    • @cerysgibby7542
      @cerysgibby7542 4 роки тому +6

      @@bruceburns405 They pop up on the screen all throughout the video.

    • @bruceburns405
      @bruceburns405 4 роки тому +1

      @@cerysgibby7542
      I meant scholarly sources, not popular magazine articles.
      Times Educational Supplement is a popular weekly magazine from the UK. It isn't peer reviewed, and this research is a joke. He is asserting that Christians assimilated Yule, but the first record of Yule comes from a 13th century reference to a 9th century King of Norway. The first recorded Christmas sermon comes from the year 300.
      That is the sort of piss-poor scholarship that passes for 'citing a source' for an audience so undereducated they are never going to check his facts because... whoah.. .he's obnoxious so he must be right.

    • @cerysgibby7542
      @cerysgibby7542 4 роки тому +4

      @@bruceburns405
      1. Something doesn't have to be a scholarly reference to be correct. They can be a great source of information, even if they aren't peer-reviewed. As long as you don't take the super seriously, it's fine.
      2. It sounds like you just looked at the first source that popped up and though all the sources were from magazines, while others were taken from published books. (1:33) (global.oup.com/academic/product/christmas-in-the-crosshairs-9780190499006?cc=nz&lang=en&)
      3. This show is not a scholarly show. It's "information entertainment".

  • @spiritpyro3994
    @spiritpyro3994 6 років тому +2

    2:50 jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way elves are coming outta the boat because it’s Santa’s sleigh

  • @sleepytune1233
    @sleepytune1233 4 роки тому

    One of my favorite episodes.

  • @mattwilkinson2261
    @mattwilkinson2261 3 роки тому +4

    This isnt completely true. As far back as the roman times, Christians celebrated christmas as a way to have their own celebration to stop Christians divulging in the pagan festivals

  • @tigerburn81
    @tigerburn81 7 років тому +36

    Why do we still have to pretend that we don't know this already?

    • @xTheRedMagex
      @xTheRedMagex 7 років тому +1

      www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/12/22/three-reasons-why-new-york-times-war-on-christmas-denial-is-all-wrong.html
      That's why

    • @sydanaya
      @sydanaya 7 років тому

      you dont have to pretend

    • @keennickolas8575
      @keennickolas8575 7 років тому +2

      tigerburn81: irrational Christians, money lobbies, irrational humans, etc.

    • @Jonathanest90s
      @Jonathanest90s 6 років тому +1

      tigerburn81 consumerism.

    • @tommyaqua
      @tommyaqua 6 років тому

      tigerburn81 It's not true, I mean

  • @blockmanhatecommentguy6280
    @blockmanhatecommentguy6280 5 місяців тому +4

    Every single culture on earth celebrates the winter solstice. It’s not pagan to have a holiday in winter

  • @nunyabizz5879
    @nunyabizz5879 7 років тому +1

    Almost all names of the American days in a week have pagan roots as well. Such as Saturday-Saturn's day, Thursday-Thor's day, and some other one's as well.

  • @katherinec8130
    @katherinec8130 7 років тому +2

    Now I understand "give us some figgy pudding, we won't leave until we get some"

  • @bootleg_
    @bootleg_ 7 років тому +7

    HAH! We in the north *cough* sweden *cough* started it all! And its still called jul. :)

    • @canislunaticus
      @canislunaticus 5 років тому

      You swedish people started it? And where did you get that information? How do you know it didn't get started in Norway? Or both? (Bc borders weren't that clear back then)

  • @watawatan0w
    @watawatan0w 7 років тому +18

    Most Christians know Jesus wasn't born on Dec 25th

    • @MissNayNay
      @MissNayNay 6 років тому +8

      No, they don't know that, or else they wouldn't be celebrating it as much as they do and writing campaigns and billboards about keeping Christ in Christmas.

    • @jacobdietz1444
      @jacobdietz1444 6 років тому +4

      It's like if you adopt a child but don't know their birthday. You pick a day to celebrate. People aren't stupid. Christians know Jesus wasn't born on that day. It doesn't really matter when He was born.

    • @Rawen1982
      @Rawen1982 5 років тому +5

      Sadly I think you give most christians too much credit.

    • @AxenfonKlatismrek
      @AxenfonKlatismrek 5 років тому

      Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in 6th January

    • @andregardner6839
      @andregardner6839 5 років тому +2

      Not in America

  • @TheAmericanAmerican
    @TheAmericanAmerican Рік тому +38

    This video will always have a special place in my atheist heart since it was one of the videos that opened my eyes to the lie that is organized religion 😊😊

    • @ythatesfacts
      @ythatesfacts Рік тому

      Except that's not the case
      ua-cam.com/video/UlEQW-NPqWI/v-deo.html

    • @zackerycooper1206
      @zackerycooper1206 Рік тому +2

      An unfortunate fact then is that most of the history is this video is highly inaccurate. It over-exaggerated to a massive degree the holidays’ connections and focused on very particular regional elements of the Christmas in the past. So while I’m not religious by any means, it’s unfortunate that this video gets so much wrong.

    • @obi-wankenobi1545
      @obi-wankenobi1545 Рік тому +4

      @@zackerycooper1206 Can you provide sources to disprove this?

    • @user-oh5gz4ue6r
      @user-oh5gz4ue6r Рік тому

      @@obi-wankenobi1545 look up a channel named InspiringPhilosophy. He constanly debunks claims of "pagan" holidays

    • @user-oh5gz4ue6r
      @user-oh5gz4ue6r Рік тому

      >watches a false video
      >becomes atheist
      what did he mean by this?

  • @BoboMagroto26
    @BoboMagroto26 6 років тому

    Only thing I love about Christmas, getting the family and friends together and have a great time

  • @LermaBean
    @LermaBean 6 років тому +2

    2:30
    GOTTA BLAST!

  • @mr.meowie8052
    @mr.meowie8052 4 роки тому +5

    2:30 GoTtA bLaST

  • @mitchellshaw7739
    @mitchellshaw7739 7 років тому +4

    Let's celebrate around the biggest log we can find

    • @notdon245
      @notdon245 7 років тому

      Mitchell Shaw I have a log hanging around my crotch.

    • @Pseudoknickname
      @Pseudoknickname 7 років тому

      Deez Nuts too small.

  • @ashtongiertz8728
    @ashtongiertz8728 2 роки тому +3

    Where did you do your research for this? There are records from the very first Christian council showing how they chose December 25 to celebrate the birth of Christ. The Roman winter solstice was part of it, but another reason it was chosen was because it was 9 months after the Feast of the Annunciation, which is associated with Mary's conception of Jesus. The fact that some cultures happened to throw wild parties during the the winter solstice around that same time is pure coincidence.

    • @ndrew_B
      @ndrew_B 2 роки тому +2

      The sources are in the description

  • @mattrielgaming4950
    @mattrielgaming4950 7 років тому

    The song at 2:36 killed me 😂😂😂

  • @DeistPaladin
    @DeistPaladin 5 років тому +2

    I just love the parody Peanuts and their traditional dances.

  • @butwhythough4296
    @butwhythough4296 6 років тому +3

    Adam defaults at 1:35

  • @merkywater417
    @merkywater417 7 років тому +12

    Very positive I just saw this exact clip on CollegeHumor ...two days ago!

    • @leredspy6815
      @leredspy6815 7 років тому

      Merky Water this is a longer version

    • @merkywater417
      @merkywater417 7 років тому

      longer than the last one on this channel. same coverage as CH

    • @nicholask7566
      @nicholask7566 6 років тому

      Merky Water That makes sense. Adam does the show on TruTV, but he used to work for College Humor.

  • @KR-wl5yd
    @KR-wl5yd 5 років тому +4

    You're a Roman Charlie Brown!

  • @Dert26
    @Dert26 7 років тому

    I didn't realize for so long that the Christian that climbed the tree and put the cross on it at around 1:15 was the voice of the younger frog from the Leap Frog learning movies, lol...

  • @HangoverMike
    @HangoverMike 9 місяців тому

    My only tradition is sharing this clip every Xmas ☮️❤️

    • @panapolyEpirus
      @panapolyEpirus 2 місяці тому

      Which has been proven wrong. (Watch InspiringPhilosophy's video on christmas and paganism)

  • @ojsimp14
    @ojsimp14 7 років тому +77

    Why is she able to relate to Peppermint Patty?

    • @Missteree87
      @Missteree87 7 років тому +27

      Zachary Chestnutt Because Peppermint Patty was always rumored to be secretly dating Marty (making them lesbians)

    • @ojsimp14
      @ojsimp14 7 років тому +7

      Missy Teree ...But Patty had a thing for Charle Brown

    • @462n
      @462n 7 років тому +16

      +Murika Guy
      Yeah, seriously. I love Peanuts, but I always find it depressing that everyone seems to hate charlie brown so much.

    • @gamesman0118
      @gamesman0118 7 років тому +32

      Peppermint Patty wore boys clothes and was great at sports breaking a gender stereotype long before anyone noticed. And she did have a thing for Charlie Brown but he like most boys his age was oblivious.

    • @Butterb0ne
      @Butterb0ne 6 років тому +2

      Because she's used to being called 'sir'.

  • @tucchibundu1303
    @tucchibundu1303 7 років тому +7

    100% truth Jehovah's witness have being preaching about this for years for more info visit Jw.org.

  • @Ne0_-nFieldz
    @Ne0_-nFieldz 6 років тому +17

    Childhood ruined
    Except most of us already knew some of this stuff already................

    • @opendoorgames6413
      @opendoorgames6413 5 років тому

      People just want to attack Christians. Most Christians know that we took the hateful, raucus celebrations that caused people to commit evil (drunken rape anyone?) and turned them into a celebration of goodness and what is pure. There is nothing wrong with doing that.

    • @maryanneslater9675
      @maryanneslater9675 5 років тому

      I recommend reading The Hogfather by Terry Pratchett to balance the load. It's a wonderfully messed up holiday special.

    • @victorious1929
      @victorious1929 4 роки тому +1

      Open Door Games Cute, but God don’t want cute, He wants obedience to His word, Jeremiah 10 tells you not to put up a Christmas tree!

  • @princeoffdutyalt1101
    @princeoffdutyalt1101 2 роки тому

    2:08 how “we wish you a marry Christmas” sounded like a twitter rant over not getting good food on Christmas.

  • @mechablade5327
    @mechablade5327 7 років тому +1

    when Christmas has multiple origins

  • @amywyvern3924
    @amywyvern3924 7 років тому +9

    I think this version was modified to be "advertiser-friendly" regarding the guideline about sensitive subjects. If you saw the original CH post, the guy holding the sign "keep Saturn in Saturnalia" at 0:40 spoke, giving time to the viewer to realize the joke referring to today's protestors shouting to keep Christ in Christmas. Here, the scene is abruptly cut to keep things more to the point, like what news should be, but this is a comedy show based on surprising facts. We are allowed to be informed and to laugh to de-dramatise related tension. Personally, I prefer the original version; having a Roman speak in the scene is a good animation and storytelling choice.

    • @JoeyCannoli
      @JoeyCannoli 6 років тому

      Unfortunately, the PC snowflakes running UA-cam don't believe in freedom of information...

  • @double4345
    @double4345 7 років тому +4

    Collage humor already uploaded this

    • @ElNeroDiablo
      @ElNeroDiablo 7 років тому +3

      CollegeHumor started the series, truTV funds and airs the new episodes.

  • @forgottmyname
    @forgottmyname 7 років тому +291

    So the Jehovah Witnesses were right about something

    • @ReiAyanami8
      @ReiAyanami8 7 років тому +26

      DutNut Seastar As a former Jehovah's Witness I can tell you that's quite a rarity.

    • @DZR3WIND
      @DZR3WIND 7 років тому +13

      this, yes. other than that, they're a cult.

    • @sam-martentertainment9796
      @sam-martentertainment9796 7 років тому +10

      The only thing they have right. Other than that they ban beards, shun ex members, and wrongly predicted the end of the world multiple times with no scriptural basis.

    • @michaelmonroig5625
      @michaelmonroig5625 7 років тому +27

      +Sam-Mart Entertainment They don't ban beards, they just say they try to look the most presentable they can, and adapt to the customs of where they are, in many European and Middle Eastern areas, they can have beards because it is custom example. They shun ex members because they want to keep their area clean of issues. And of course the reason why they tried to predict the end time, was because they thought it could be predicted mathematically using the Bible and its history, then they realized that they can't say when it'll happen cause they aren't the ones deciding when it's going to happen.

    • @sam-martentertainment9796
      @sam-martentertainment9796 7 років тому +3

      Michael Monroig you're so blinded by your owner. You do know the prediction of 1914 wasn't based on the Bible but on the pyramids in Egypt because Charles Russell was obsessed with pyramids right? Look at his gravesite

  • @heikanaomi4426
    @heikanaomi4426 6 років тому

    Cute seeing brother and sister together. I like their chemistry.💟💟💟💟

  • @Merdicano
    @Merdicano 6 років тому +1

    1:33 Hey Rocky and Bullwinkle, take notes, this is how you make a good Will Smith reference