This date was the old mid-winter festival in pre-Christian times, around the time of the longest night and the shortest day.

在未有圣诞节之前，这个日子是古老的中冬节。这天黑夜最长，白昼最短。

It was a harvest celebration linked to pre-Christian groups.

这是一个与前基督教团体有关的丰收庆典。

The group exists across borders and follows a pre-Christian form of paganism.

该组织跨越国界存在，并遵循前基督教形式的异教。

Archaeologists have found many Christian artifacts from the  pre-Christian era of the Vikings.

考古学家发现了许多来自维京人前基督教时代的基督教文物。

Ancient heathen beliefs persisted under the surface of Christianity, and many of these pre-Christian elements became integrated with Christianity.

古老的异教信仰在基督教的表象下依然存在，许多这些前基督教元素与基督教融为一体。

When European colonists began to settle the new world they brought all of these characters - as well as pre-Christian legends and mythology - with them, and they all began to mix together.

当欧洲殖民者在新大陆定居时，他们把所有这些人物都带来了，也带来了基督教之前的传说和神话，并且把它们融合在一起。