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The sanctification of fields in order to allow successful planting, for example, were turned into gatherings to bless the fields under priestly direction. Throwing confetti at modern parades, or rice at weddings, is a replacement for the tossing of grains of wheat and barley in such pagan processions. The Julian Calendar (from Kalendae, or day of the new moon, a day sacred to Juno and the first day of the old Roman calendar) was based on the solar model of the Egyptians, replacing the old lunar model in use until just before the assassination of Julius Caesar. To this day the months of the Christian calendar refer to Roman gods, or Caesars, or simply Roman numbering, and the days of the week remains the names of Germanic gods (only Saturn’s Day, or Saturday, remains of the Roman model).

In accord with such assimilation, many believe that the worship of the Madonna in Catholicism had its roots in the veneration of the Goddess Diana from pre-Christian Roman cults. The celebration of Easter, with eggs and bunnies, remains a holdover of former fertility rites celebrating the Pagan Spring. Such adaptions of superficial, crowd-pleasing, rites and pastimes merely suggest how pagan activities are hidden just beneath the surface of Judeo-Christian culture.

(The hidden Legacy by D Painter)

You labor under many missaprehensions. So if a pagan ever did something, we are forbidden to do anythign similar?

Pagans lifted up their hands in prayers. Therefore, by your reasoning, it is forbidden to Christians. Pagans worshipped in buildings and in fields. Therefore, worship in buildings or fields is forbidden to Christians. Pagans used immersion in water in their cermonies, therefore, Baptism is nothing but rank paganism.

Did it ever occur to you that some things pagans did were remaining shadows of the true religion they once possessed? That perhaps the Church reclaimed a common heritage God had given all mankind in Adam and Noah? That many customs you attribute to the Pagans were also found among the Jews? Obviously not.

To this day the months of the Christian calendar refer to Roman gods, or Caesars, or simply Roman numbering, and the days of the week remains the names of Germanic gods (only Saturn’s Day, or Saturday, remains of the Roman model).

You know NOTHING of the Church Calendar. The days in the Roman Missal and Breviary are as follows:

1) Dies Dominica - Day of the Lord - Sunday
2) Feria II - Day 2 - Monday
3) Feria III - Day 3 - Tuesday
4) Feria IV - Day 4 - Wednesday
5) Feria V - Day 5 - Thursday
6) Feria VI - Day 6 - Friday
7) Sabbato - Sabbath - Saturday

Notice, no names of Pagan gods.

The common names in English are not the names in the books of the Church. Similarly, the Church calls Easter in her official Latin tongue "Parsceve" - Passover.

"In accord with such assimilation, many believe that the worship of the Madonna in Catholicism had its roots in the veneration of the Goddess Diana from pre-Christian Roman cults. The celebration of Easter, with eggs and bunnies, remains a holdover of former fertility rites celebrating the Pagan Spring. Such adaptions of superficial, crowd-pleasing, rites and pastimes merely suggest how pagan activities are hidden just beneath the surface of Judeo-Christian culture. "

There were positive political and social consequences in appeasing conquered "pagan" populaces by incorporating some of thier customs into Christianity. Almost all of the symbols of Christmas have zero Biblical origins - trees, Satan Clause, mistletoe, stockings...

Romans chose to allow the converted pagans to keep these traditions, rather than run the risk of an angry populace revolting because some Centurion tore down the Christmas tree. Yur post is dead-on.