>>8362
As a former germanic pagan, I see the christian holiday-pagan holiday connection as being highly coincidental.
For instance, how many christian holidays mimic, say, thorrablot, or disablot? Following this, there are innumerable christian holidays that don't fall on nor resemble pagan holidays at all (at least, if you follow the liturgical calendar and recognize every little saint's day as a holiday).
Additionally, the pagan elements of various holidays tend to only exist in the low form of that holiday. For instance, compare an easter vigil to an easter egg hunt and you'll see what I mean.
>Are the feasts fundamental for your faith?
Well, feasts, not explicitly, but the meaning of our calendar, our special sundays, and our holidays? They're valuable to faith, albeit not fundamental.
For instance, right now, it is the season of advent (specifically, we're in between the second and third sundays of advent). What does this mean? It means we're to do in our hearts what john the baptist did for christ: make straight the way of the lord – that is, we're to prepare ourselves for the arrival of christ at christmas (of course, in a symbolic fashion, as christ has already come). This is very relevant to faith, as are all of the holidays if they're approached in a christian manner, rather than a consumerist one.
>could you arrange yourself with a switch to the hebrew feasts of the bible?
Most of the jewish holidays have a christian equivalent that is more specifcally christian (i.e. celebrates christ moreso than anything else).
For example, why would I celebrate Rosh Hashanah when I could celebrate Christ the King Sunday?
Why would I light a menorah to celebrate the maccabean revolt (something my canon doesn't even contain), when I could light advent candles to mark the anticipation of the arrival of christ?
Why celebrate Yom Kippur at all as a christian, as our atonement is in christ?
Why celebrate passover, when we can celebrate the miracle that is christ's resurrection?
I see no value in celebrating the jewish holidays to the exclusion of christian holidays, to the point that I see as much as being judaizing (albeit, I see your whole denomination as such, so it should come as no surprise).