People have different perceptions as to the custom of The exchanging of Christmas presents some say it can be traced back to an ancient Roman custom of gift-giving which was practiced at the festival of Saturnalia.
It
would certainly appear easy to make the transition from making an offering to a
pagan deity to giving a gift.
Others
believe that when the custom was Christianized the reason for gift-giving was
attributed to represent the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh that the Magi
brought from the East when they sought out the newborn Jesus Christ.
But
the most popular belief by far is that the custom is derived from the greatest
gift-giver of all St Nicholas.
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