This only added to the confusion. It hardly mattered, though, for pagan customs were already so closely fused with Christmas that most people were unwilling to give them up.
Šādi spriedumi tikai palielināja sajukumu, taču neko daudz nemainīja, jo pagāniskās paražas jau bija tik cieši saplūdušas ar Ziemassvētkiem, ka cilvēki lielākoties negribēja tās atmest.