re early christian festival query on refdesk hi tammy i was going to put in a link to our article jewish christians with the explanation that you were probably already familiar with this but that it might be useful background for other readers however as that rd is currently semi protected i couldn't so i thought i'd mention it here instead look forward to more informed answers as jewish early christian history is a topic that interests me as someone with a little jewish descent who became a christian atheist around years old and is now following the wiccan path the poster formerly known as