I bookmarked that video to watch on a day when my work is caught up, as it is rather long. However, I did glimpse the beginning of it and his outline of that program, and some excerpts e.g. the Vatican and the solar wheel.
Let me reminisce a little for those who want to join me. Back before the Internet, we basically had the TV, radio, newspaper and magazines to read and was fed to us what they told us. I have a feeling this video is more of the same history of the pagan sources of Christmas, which most Christians did not know prior to say, 30 years ago except folks from say the WWCG or other such "cults" we were warned about. But lately, information and ministries that point out this same thing have exploded with the information age, and I doubt there's any serious Christians ignorant of this any longer. 30 years ago it may have been "controversial", but today most know the pagan origins IMO.
From my stance, although I outwardly conform to the Christmas celebration in the sense of family gatherings, and decorations and all that, I openly admit it's a solar, solstice festival and a nice midwinter party, nothing else. I rarely go to church on that day any longer as from a Christian perspective, it means nothing to me personally. Rather, I tell people about God's festivals in Leviticus, and I'm constantly conscious of the ancient Israelite calendar which was and is actually lunar based, not solar based like the pagan sun-god worship. The sun only measured the days, that was it, and the seasons were reckoned by the ripening of the barley (as opposed to solar observation) so that intercalation of the lunar months kept in exact timing with a solar year. Except for the seasons, there is no need to reckon the calendar by the sun at all, and indeed, they did not do so.
However, I must admit I have a special place in my heart for the physical sun --- it's the natural counterpart to the light of God (as a type) and keeps my house warm even in the winter without the furnace going on much. I love to make sundials so the sun is always an interest to me, so Christmas is really the birth of the sun to me since it's declination is starting to make a positive upswing again, and we can look to warmer days. It's not worshiping, merely a thankfulness and fondness for our nearest star.
I can see why the ancients worshiped the sun --- although that is wrong, it is an honest mistake.
