2006-10-03 14:19:40 · 16 answers · asked by Wesley H 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Christmas, Easter, St. Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Twelfth Night. Those are the only ones I can think of.
2006-10-03 14:23:07 · answer #1 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
St Patrick's Day. The snakes that St Patrick drove out of Ireland were really the Pagans.
Christmas, Easter, and the like don't have any origins in Christianity. They were started by the Pagans, then later stolen by the Catholic church and given different names. Thus Christians around the world lay claim to them and scream that everyone is trying to de-Christianize them when he was never a part of those holidays to begin with.
2006-10-05 17:03:21 · answer #2 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? Do you want the "Top Ten" list or ALL of them?
The biggest are the Seasonal Transitions: Christmas, Pentecost, Feast of the Resurrection (Easter), Epiphany, Ash Wednesday. There's Holy Week: Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday. Then there are the next down: All Saints, All Souls, Immaculate Conception, Assumption, Annunciation, etc.
Then there's hundreds and hundreds of Feast Days - St. Peter, St. Paul, Francis of Assisi and hundreds more. Just in the Book of Common Prayer the list goes on for pages and pages. The Roman Church has a much longer list.
Lutherans even have Reformation Sunday.
2006-10-05 15:10:44 · answer #3 · answered by itsnotarealname 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I- CHRISTMAS
Luke 2:8"And there were shepherds living out in the fields near by, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
10 But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
11 Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.
13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favour rests."
II- EASTER
Luke 24:1 "On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, Why do you look for the living among the dead?
6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:
7 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'
8 Then they remembered his words.
9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others."
2006-10-05 04:05:51 · answer #4 · answered by Princess 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on which branch of Christianity you mean, Greek, Roman or Protestant. In addition to Christmas and Easter, and the seasons of Advent and Lent, you COULD include Epiphany (Jan 6), the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (aka Candlemas, Feb 2), the Feast of the Annunciation (Mar 25), Pentecost, the Assumption (or Dormition) of Mary (Aug 15), the Birth of John the Baptist (June 24), Reformation Day (Oct 31), All Saints Day (Nov 1), All Souls Day (Nov 2), the Immaculate Conception of Mary (Dec 8). Then there are all those Saints' days. (My favorite is St. Swithin's Day, July 15.) Not everybody agrees with the list and there's lots more!
2006-10-04 00:57:16 · answer #5 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually as true Christians we are not to have traditions and celebrations. The Sabbath day is the only thing mentioned and we are to rest. Most of the things Americans celebrate are Pagan holidays.
2006-10-04 21:41:30 · answer #6 · answered by copswife93 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ash Wednesday, Fat Tuesday - Mardi Gras, All Hallow's Eve - Halloween, Thanksgiving, Good Friday, Of course Christmas and Easter
2006-10-03 21:28:56 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I really think it is only Christmas and Easter. But they are trying to take that from us too... we can no longer say "merry christmas" in the work force and in the schools.. sucks.. of course they are all willing to take the paid holidays for the days off.. hahahaha..
2006-10-03 22:04:47 · answer #8 · answered by tootsie38 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Crhistmas, Easter
2006-10-03 21:28:41 · answer #9 · answered by Dee 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jan. 1 New Years-Thankful for the new year beginning. Easter for Christ's Burial and Resurrection. Mother's Day being thankful for our Mother's. Father's Day being thankful for our forefathers as well as our Father's.July 4th for the Independence of our country. November 24th Thanksgiving to be Thankful for all we do have. And of course Christmas for our Lord and Saviour for His birth. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.(I'm not Jewish).It's on the calendar.
2006-10-03 21:36:29 · answer #10 · answered by raceo1969 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋