I asked this question last night and only received 2 answers so I don't think it was posted properly.
With days and holidays like Easter, Valentines Day and Christmas, do you celebrate the long lost meaning of those or the commercialization of them. Also what about Mothers Day and Fathers Day? Do you wait until the calender says to gives gifts and extra phone calls or do you do them through out the year? For me, most holidays and special days, are just that...days. Why have we let holidays loose much of the meaning they used to have? I celebrate Christmas mainly for my kids but I've educated them on what it is really about...not the "Gimmie, Gimmie Day" it has become.
2006-10-04 03:13:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
people just think of these days as a day off from work only, nobody really cares about the meaning anymore sadly.
2006-10-04 03:15:55 · answer #1 · answered by Henry_Tee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is special in our family because it is truly a celebration of the birth of Christ. We celebrate it religiously, and ethnically, and a little bit commercially. Easter is pretty much strictly religious to us. St. Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day are exactly what they are supposed to be - holidays - read that as "holy days" as it should be. All of these holidays were special as I was growing up, then it gets kind of lost and old when you're in your early 20s and searching.... once I got married and had a family, it gets rekindled once again, so that's a good thing.
2006-10-04 03:21:14 · answer #2 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that these holidays have become very commercialized for a great deal of people within our society to the point that people will go broke buying gifts. Suicide rates are at their highest during the winter holiday season. I personally, have always taught my children that Christmas is the time that Christians (we are) celebrate the birth of Jesus. We do not believe in Santa Claus, I have not ever taught them that. I have always explained to them that God makes it possible for me to work and provide for you and the gifts that I purchase are a direct result of this. there is no big fat white man in a suit coming to give us anything for free. And there are many children who do not receive any gifts. So each year they pick and I purchase a gift to be donated to The local Salvation Army for a child who may not other wise receive on. Easter is a time of celebrating the Resurrection of Christ Jesus. And we spend every day acknowledging our blessings of being a family. We show love to one another everyday and feel blessed to have one another. Mothers Day is every day for me.
2006-10-04 03:21:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians are no longer stated to rejoice Jesus' start. Jesus wasn't born on December 25 (I recommend, there's a a million/365 hazard that he replaced into, in spite of the undeniable fact that this isn't any longer likely that he replaced into). Christmas is a pagan holiday that has been Christianized to the element the place now Christians get disappointed while the pagans choose their holiday back. As a Christian, I have not any particular attachment to Christmas. you may rejoice it as you please, and you may call it yule and it won't difficulty me (or God). Merry Christmas!
2016-10-18 11:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at my house we celebrate the birth of Christ on Christmas and even have a birthday cake and sing happy birthday!!!! Without Jesus we wouldn't have this day so why it got so commercialized is beyond my thinking!!!
and we celebrate every holiday with Him in mind, not just Christmas!!!
2006-10-04 03:30:13 · answer #5 · answered by polarbaby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I celebrate the original intention and make the firm distinction between Christmas and Xmas
2006-10-04 03:15:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was just too early Many people were still sleeping
I celebrate the true meaning of it..
2006-10-04 03:16:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋