Charlie Stross on Nostr: Nativity-style statuettes found at Pompeii said to suggest pagan ritual ...

Nativity-style statuettes found at Pompeii said to suggest pagan ritual

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/24/nativity-style-statuettes-found-at-pompeii-suggest-pagan-ritual-experts-say

Totally shocked and baffled that Xtianity (which is basically iron-age Pokemon for gods) could have "borrowed" the nativity scene tradition from the cult of Cybele