The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born. The 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires, the Yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivals(parades) with floats, carolers who sing while going from house to house, the holiday feasts, and the church processions can all be traced back to the early Mesopotamia's.
Many of these traditions began with the Mesopotamian celebration of New Years.
 

 

Email Santa

 

Hi, my name is Rudolph and Santa Claus told me to tell you that he reads each and everyone of your letters himself
 and he will send you a email greeting when he gets done with reading his letters today.

My First Name is:
My Email Address is:

This Year I have been a
Good
Pretty Good
As Good as I could be
Boy
Girl

I am years old.  I would like these three presents the most for Christmas  plus, and .
Here is a message for Santa Claus:

The Mesopotamia's believed in many gods, and as their chief god - Marduk. Each year as winter arrived it was believed that Marduk would do battle with the monsters of chaos. To assist Marduk in his struggle the Mesopotamia's held a festival for the New Year. This was Zagmuk, the New Year's festival that lasted for 12 days.