Most people that celebrate christmas arn't pagan or Christian ( I guess the whole Jesus being born near the same time as yule makes it a christian festival too) either but still a nice tree exotic food and being all together in a house trying to live life to the full in pursuit of a cultural anual event that is magical and cosy. What do they do instead make dradels? I'm agnostic/jedi knight and I love Yule.
2006-10-24 02:14:32 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
DON' ASNWER THE OBVIOUS JEWS DON'T BELEIVE JESUS WAS THE SAVIOUR BECAUSE YOUR IGNORING THE QUESTION.
2006-10-24 02:34:47 · update #1
OK SERIOUSLY NOW ALL OF THESE ANSWERS ARE VERY BAD. MAYBEE I'M CONFUSING PEOPLE WITH THE WORD CHRISTMAS CAUSE THATS WHAT I CALL IT I PUT UP A TREE OPEN PRESENTS EAT A LOT OF FOOD, ITS A PARTY TO CELEBRATE FAMILY AND FREINDS AND IS DESENDED FROM CHRISITIAN AND PAGAN CULTURAL TRADITION. NOT SURE WHAT PART OF IT IS CHRISTIAN BUT WELL ITS DECORATIONS AND FOOD, A WINTER THEMED PARTY. LOOKING AT HANNAKA (OF WITCH I KNOW NOTHING OF) WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE APART FROM THE WHOLE RELIGIOUS PART. I HEARD IN COMPARISON ITS QUIET DULL MAYBEE I'M WRONG BUT DO THEY HAVE A TREE ALL LIT UP WITH PRETTY LIGHTS AND PRESENTS?
2006-10-24 12:07:40 · update #2
Jews do NOT beleive Jesus is the savior. The beleive he was a Great man but not the Lord and Saviour
2006-10-24 02:16:54 · answer #1 · answered by dumpllin 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well there are those obvious answers. but there are some jewish people who do like to decorate for christmas and who, even though they do not believe that jesus is the messiah. i mean he was a leader of the jewish faith himself. it's what he taught. my old roommate has a jewish mother and a catholic father...he celebrates both but considers himself jewish. but christmas was based on a religion that the jews do not practice. and during the same time of a year a lot of them that do practice their faith are busy celebrating chanukah, which is an eight night celebration...that can take their time up pretty well. i celebrate christmas and consider myself for the most part a christian...i'm just not the bible toting type. also, christmas would be celebrated by so many less people though if it was only celebrated as a religious holiday. so that makes it even more confusing. so i think i'd stick to the idea that they have their own holiday to celebrate....which is bigger and longer than christmas.
2006-10-28 01:29:36 · answer #2 · answered by bored_ass_little_girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, Jesus was not born during Yule. Biblical scholars agree on this. Christmas was created in the Middle Ages by the Catholic Church as a way to convert pagans to their religion without causing riots. They chose Yule because it was very similar (God was born of a virgin in the middle of winter) and tried to eradicate Yule altogether. Obviously that was irrelevant to the Jews.
Secondly, because Yule was a pagan tradition, Jews were strictly forbidden from participating in those rituals. Yule, and the decorated tree which nearly everyone has now, were described in detail as being evil in the book of Jeremiah. Yet nearly every Christian has one in their home.
2006-10-24 03:41:41 · answer #3 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jews celebrate Hanukkah...the festival of lights. Many Pagan's celebrate Christmas as a secular holiday only or celebrate Yule/The winter solstice.
2006-10-24 04:41:05 · answer #4 · answered by KathyS 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um, surely you realize that Jedi's are MADE UP characters, and that the "force" is not real?? Anyway, Christmas has turned into a secular, money-driven "holiday" instead of what it used to be, the celebration of Christ's birth. Since many (not all) Jewish people don't believe in Jesus as the Messiah, they therefore do not celebrate His birth. Hannukah is their celebration, and they get more presents!
2006-10-24 02:25:48 · answer #5 · answered by nada 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jews do not be that Jesus Christ is the son of God and that he only existed as a prophet in the Torah. Therefore, they don't celebrate Christmas, which celebrates the birth of Christ (and many non-Christians partake, too).
However, many praticing Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah, which is "The Celebration of Lights" or "The Celebration of Re-Dedication". It marks the re-dedication of the Temple after it's desecration. The celebration continues for eight days.
2006-10-24 02:31:08 · answer #6 · answered by lynnguys 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
While there's certainly a secular/social aspect to the Christmas celebrations, we can just as well turn around the question and ask "Why would they?" They've got Hanukkah, which is more than just a single day... any sort of "social gathering" activities they want to do they can roll into that.
2006-10-25 02:06:10 · answer #7 · answered by ArcadianStormcrow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jews, Jehovahs Witnesses ... many religious groups dont celebrate Christmas. Its just part of their culture.
Im sure it must be difficult to disassociate yourself from the rest of thte celebrating world. I have heard that they fill in at hospitals (nurses) police stations etc, so that the regular staff can go home to their own families.
In a way that is a lot more Christmassy than the rest of us!!
2006-10-24 08:46:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
jews are still waiting for a saviour - they have something called hannoka (excuse the spelling) and pass-over but although they respect that it is a christian religeous festival they will send cards - as do some muslims and they also do not celebrate christmas - they have eid instead
2006-10-24 02:59:02 · answer #9 · answered by Nicky 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have a few different types of Jewish friends:
One group celebrates Hannakuh.
Theother group, non-religious Jews, celebrate a "secular" Christmas (not honoring Christ's birth).
2006-10-24 02:24:19 · answer #10 · answered by Kare♥Bear 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋