Yes - they all have something in common.
The pagan origins.
The Trinity concept stems from ancient Babylon, where the sun-god Shamash, the moon god Sin, and the star god Ishtar were worshipped as a triad. Egypt followed the same pattern, worshipping Osiris, Isis, and Horus. Assyria’s chief god, Asshur, is portrayed as having three heads. Following the same pattern, images are to be found in Catholic churches depicting God as having three heads.
The Athanasian Creed, formulated a few hundred years after the death of Jesus, defined the Trinity this way: “The Father is God: the Son is God: and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not three Gods: but one God.”
Easter has the vestiges of a fertility rite, the eggs and the rabbit both symbolizing fertility. Also, the rabbit was the escort of the Germanic goddess Ostara who gave the name to the festival by way of the German Ostern.
Santa Claus is just another product of pagan tradition, and sparkling melodies with lyrics telling children that he is real do not change that fact.
Legend has it that when Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop of Myra (now southwest Turkey), heard that a local resident lacked money for dowries for his three daughters, he secretly tossed gold pieces or coins into their home through a window or a smoke hole on the roof. The gold supposedly fell right into some stockings that had been hung by the fire to dry. All the essential elements of the Santa Claus story were there.
The image of the rotund, red-suited gift bearer, however, appeared to be the product of the fertile imagination of a series of famous New Yorkers. First, the Dutch settlers contributed the name—Saint Nicholas in Dutch is Sinterklaas. Then, in the 19th century, writers including Washington Irving and Clement Moore (famous for his poem: “’Twas the Night Before Christmas”) furnished the literary descriptions. Finally, cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant, brought the finishing touches to the jolly old fellow seen around Christmas time.
They also have something else in common - God doesn't approve of them
2 Corinthians 6:14-17
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2007-04-08 06:18:48
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answered by New ♥ System ♥ Lady 4
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Easter is a pagan holiday celebrated before Christ came to earth. Whoever tells you that its the date Jesus was resurrected is telling a lie, and what does God say about lies? see 2 Thess 2:9-11. Same goes for the lie that Jesus was born in the winter. The Bible makes it clear that Jesus could *not* have been born on Dec. 25th! The trinity is nowhere to be found in the Bible either; it is a false god that was worshipped from the time of the tower of Babel and passed down to the Romans.
All these facts can be readily found on the internet for anyone who cares about what God thinks.
Unfortunately, when the pagan Roman government took over the early Christian congregation in 325 a.d., they forced all the Christians to begin participating in their pagan festivals to false gods. It is something that "the only true God" (John 17:3) considers "the unclean thing" (2 Cor 6:17)
Some folks dont know exactly what they are doing or why. many have been decieved into practicing rituals that actually were designed to honor false gods. it is important for anyone who believes anything to really know what they are doing and why, not just have blind faith that what they are told is correct. The One whom Jesus worships and calls "the only true God" (John 17:3) inspired the entire Bible and celebrating pagan rooted holidays under the deception of christianity is like spray-painting a dog turd gold and then trying to sell it to God as a precious metal!
2007-04-08 13:29:17
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answered by seeker 3
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There isnt, christianity has the holy trinity and paganism has santa and the easter bunny. Santa and the easter bunny have been adopted by christianity and bastardised to coincide with their symbolism. Santa represents the coming of the middle of winter, so the promise of the gifts of spring, not to despair in the middle of nothing as something will come. The easter bunny is a celebration of the fertility of spring and all the new life that comes forth, hence easter eggs, eggs are also a symbol of fertility.
2007-04-08 13:02:22
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answered by Big red 5
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You do realize that there are only a specific group of people who will be bothered with this question. You cannot count your time for this one Bro.
Of course the common thread is Babylonish traditions and false religious practices going back all the way to Babel.
2007-04-08 22:01:11
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answered by bugsie 7
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