The Vikings and Christmas.

[Taltarzac725]

How Did Vikings Celebrate Christmas? (https://www.imagininghistory.co.uk/post/viking-christmas-traditions)

Looks like a lot of the Christmas traditions go back to the Vikings celebrating the seasons and the like.

A Very Viking Season Quiz - Vikings and Christmas | General | 10 Questions (https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/General/A-Very-Viking-SeasonB-4600.html) This is a FunTrivia Quiz about the Vikings and various Christmas traditions.

[ThirdOfFive]

I understand Bjorn Ironside was asked to play Santa a lot...

[Two Bills]

Three Viking ships head into a bay on the English coast.
Two arrive smartly and beached close together, their warriors lining up in good order.
Third ship was all over the shop, and finally beached after hitting one of the other boats.
Crew staggered ashore and barely formed a line.
Captain of first ship declared they would do all the killing.
Second captain said his men would take care of the looting.
Third captain turned to his near comatose crew and said,
"Sorry lads, looks like we got Rape again!"

[Keefelane66]

How Did Vikings Celebrate Christmas? (https://www.imagininghistory.co.uk/post/viking-christmas-traditions)

Looks like a lot of the Christmas traditions go back to the Vikings celebrating the seasons and the like.

A Very Viking Season Quiz - Vikings and Christmas | General | 10 Questions (https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/General/A-Very-Viking-SeasonB-4600.html) This is a FunTrivia Quiz about the Vikings and various Christmas traditions.
Vikings began to accept Christianity around 900AD, almost the entire population of Scandinavia was pagan at the beginning of the Viking Age, but the Vikings had many gods, and it was no problem for them to accept the Christian god alongside their own.