2006-11-12 13:34:51 · 4 answers · asked by michael m 1 in Local Businesses ➔ Other - Local Businesses
No, it was the government so they could have days off with pay.
2006-11-12 13:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by FireBug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it depends on which holidays you are referring to. Christmas, as a couple of other posters noted is to celebrate the birth of Christ. Certainly, retailers have figured out how to capitalize on it. Easter, is the remembrance of the sacrifice of Christ, and his death on the cross. Thanksgiving, in the United States was started when the Pilgrims and Indians wanted to celebrate making it through their first year under very difficult conditions.
Another poster already addressed several of the Jewish holidays that have been celebrated even longer than the Christian holidays.
Other holidays have generally come about as a way to honor someone, or a group of people. How you choose to celebrate them is up to you. They can feel somewhat like a burden, if you only see the commercial aspect of them. They can bring a great deal of joy, if you celebrate their true meaning.
2006-11-12 14:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by vyk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, hate to burst your bubble...but I don't think there was a Walmart or Macy's back when Christmas/ Hanukkah/Kwanzaa et al were created and began celebrated.
It's the consumer who keeps spending and devaluing the holidays that are to blame not the stores.
2006-11-12 13:37:22 · answer #3 · answered by Ms B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm i have to agree w/ Ms B....lets see Christmas was back when Jesus was born over 2,000 years ago...and then Easter was when he rose....Thanksgiving was when the pilgrims were here and they didnt have stores....so i highly doubt that it was bcs of stores...ppl just celebrate these holidays and like to give gifts and celebrate w/ large dinners...so stores get so much more business if they make a sale
2006-11-12 13:48:16 · answer #4 · answered by socrluvr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋