Journalist Juan Arias points out: “Those who, within Christianity, criticize the way Christmas has become ‘ paganized ’ and more devoted to jollity and consumerism than to religion, are generally unaware that even in its origin the Nativity... already incorporated many of the features of the Roman pagan festival [of the sun]. ” ​ — El País, December 24, 2001.
त्यात रोमच्या मूर्तिपूजक [सूर्यदैवताच्या] सणाशी संबंधित बरेच रितीरिवाज आत्मसात करण्यात आले होते. ” — एल पाईस, डिसेंबर २४, २००१.