I know it's not seasonal at all, but one of the other questions really rubbed me wrong. I mean, there are several religious and secular holidays between Thanksgiving and the Epiphany. So why does a Wal mart cashier's saying "Happy Holidays" instead of Merry Christmas" mean that we're losing the meaning of Christmas?
2006-07-28 10:59:46 · 16 answers · asked by Angela M 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It doesn't. I think that whole issue has gotten out of hand. No one is trying to take Christ out of Christmas. Hello??? Christmas stuff is put out earlier and earlier every year!! It's not going anywhere! Happy Holidays includes everyone, including Christians...not excluding them. I think some people are way too sensitive. Why does it really bother someone if someone says Happy Holidays rather than Merry Christmas??? Who cares? I don't care if they say anything to me when I'm at a store.
2006-07-28 11:07:59 · answer #1 · answered by First Lady 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
What did it have to do with Christ anyway? It came from a Roman holiday called Saturnalia. The holiday itself and the tree and decorations are described in Jeremiah 400 years before Christ came. God even said while showing Jeremiah a tree decorated that the traditions of man are vein and an abomination to him. The actual day of christmas is the winter solstice celebrated by pagans long before Christianity ever adopted it.
I think it is a good thing to celebrate Christ and his birth but maybe the actual holiday is not exactly what it seems to begin with. The commercialization of it is probably the least of its issues.
2006-07-28 11:07:43 · answer #2 · answered by Fantasy Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you on this one. I personally will never stop wishing people a Merry Christmas, why? Because I think it's great when someone wishes me a Happy Hanukah, or Happy Qwanza, or Happy Winter Solctice. It all comes down to people wishing me a happy day.
You know our world is pathetic when people find a way to get offended at being wished a happy day!
2006-07-28 11:12:36 · answer #3 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-03 05:29:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Christ should have nothing at all to do with Christmas, it should be a celibration for children. Because the calendars have been messed about with in the passed the actual birth of Christ was really around January 5th.
2006-07-28 11:09:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
X is a symbol that has been used to REPRESENT the name Christ for many centuries ... by the church. It's use in the case of X-Mas is simply an adoptation of this already established use because it is shorter.
2006-07-28 11:07:14 · answer #6 · answered by Arkangyle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't mean any such thing. But some Christians aren't happy unless they think they're being persecuted, and some actually use this "poor us, aren't we downtrodden" pose as an assault on a civil society that doesn't necessarily place them front and center. It's pathetic.
2006-07-28 11:04:51 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since when has Cristmas been about Christ. In my 29 years on this pla net it has been about who gets the most crap under the tree that morning.
2006-07-28 11:05:52 · answer #8 · answered by Judy the Wench 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every time you see "X-Mas"
The "happy holidays" thing is for the Jews, cause they only get Hanukah.
2006-07-28 11:04:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do not want to offend those who do not believe in Christmas (Jews with hannukah and Blacks who practice Kwaanza).
2006-07-28 11:03:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋