I am happy every time a pagan custom gets cleaned up and reclaimed to be enjoyed by all. I like innocent "pagan" things like
- Christmas trees and yule logs and holly wreaths
- toasts and spiced wine and "skoal" and "wassail"
- parades
- Easter eggs
- cakes for birthdays (and candles)
- bringing plants & animals into our homes
- brides with wedding rings,
- wearing white, and
- carrying bouquets
- Wedding ceremonies themselves, which were also a pagan custom, and are not commanded in Scripture
- using names of days that originate from Pagan gods
- Sun-day
- Moon-day
- [W]Odin's-day
- Thor's-day
- Freya's-day
- Saturn's-day
The names of months - January, the month of Janus
- February, the month of Februa
- March, the month of Mars
- April, the month of Apru/Aphro, short for Aphrodite
- May, the month of Maia
- June, the month of Juno
- July, Julius Caesar's month
- August, Augustus Caesar's month
- putting flowers on graves
- using dollar bills with the pyramid and the eye of Horus (woo woo)
- making statues and paintings of people we admire
- children's toys like jacks and dice
- all ball-sports like soccer
- all athletic competitions
- the bad old pagan Olympics, of course
Had enough? No me. I love them all, and more.
One would do well to recall the warning in Ecclesiastes 7:16
"Be not righteous overmuch, and do not make yourself overwise; why should you destroy yourself?"
In other words, it is possible to take legalism to preposterous limits. Anything that has its roots in human culture can be purified and re-signified and enjoyed.
And a toast--- wassail --- to Jesus Christ, the Master of All.