thier own personal holiday?
2006-11-13 02:22:41 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Well, there is Yule AND there is Christmas.
Yule, which I celebrate, has been around longer and yes, Christianity came along and tried to convert us hethens by creating their own holiday around the same time. But that doesn't make Christmas any less significant. Those that celebrate it have every right to celebrate their beliefs; just as those pagans out there have every right to still celebrate Yule and the solstices.
Christians celebrate Christmas as Jesus's birthday (and we all know he wasn't actually born on that day, but it was just picked as a day to celebrate it) and that is a beautiful tradition. Christians of today had no hand in the Church's actions of the past; therefore should not be punished for it.
Peace to all and Blessed be!
2006-11-13 03:40:25 · answer #1 · answered by LadyMagick 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm Wiccan and it doesn't matter to me whether you celebrate Christmas, Yule or any other blessed holiday. In my mind, it's the meaning behind the holidays that's truly important. It's about family and being grateful for what you have, and sharing your blessings with others. It's a time for renewal and self-examination. Isn't that what's more important than proclaiming what holiday came first or who stole what holiday? It's the same sort of scenario of whether to be offended if someone wishes you a Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah or Happy Yule. The sentiment is there for well wishes, not degradation because you don't share your faith. Look at what's important, not the semantics.
2006-11-13 14:32:59 · answer #2 · answered by Erin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It'll always be Yule because Yule is actually the 22nd on the day of the winter solstice. Christians just jumped thebandwagon because it was a popular holiday. Jesus' birthday is actually in March. He was a Pisces--hence the fish. Christianity is just a passing phrase...There was winter solstice six billion years before Christianity and there will still be six billion years after christianity (if the sun doesn't blow up)...its not CHristianity's "own personal holiday"...most of the world doesn't even celebrate it. Some Christians actually choose a different day to celebrate because the current holiday has been so marred by greed and commerce.
2006-11-13 11:09:35 · answer #3 · answered by AJ F 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Christmas holidays should be done away with simply because Christ was not born in the month of December period. It started out as a pagan holiday, Which the Catholic allowed in their church in order to gain more converts. But in their effort to do what ever they had in mind. The Christian Churches were corrupted by these false beliefs. But right now many pagan holidays are celebrated by some very confused Christian and their Churches. Like Easter, Halloween, Christmas, St. Patrick day, Etc, These are just a very few pagan holidays that found their way into the christian mind-set. But there is hope, for all Christians were or should have been told that God will inform us of the truth and everyman will know Christ.
2006-11-13 11:02:28 · answer #4 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No. The concepts celebrated at the holidays are universal human concepts that don't belong to any religon, and are more important to the community than religion. They are necessary for a group's psychological health... and heck, it's fun!
It's the celebration of light in the darkest time of the year; of life in the deadliest time of year; of community and hope and giving and love and happiness. It's laughing at death and darkness, it's the will to overcome. What does religion need to have to do with it?
2006-11-13 11:03:55 · answer #5 · answered by KC 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I feel that people should stop this rubbish about who can celebrate Christmas and who can't.
Even those of us that don't believe in Jesus, why shouldn't we have some fun? Christmas is for everybody whatever you want to call it.
2006-11-13 11:50:38 · answer #6 · answered by Jason 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It doesn't matter. We can call it yule, christians can call it christmas, anyone can call it anything they want. I just like that there is a time when we can celebrate friends and family and remember those of us less fortunate.
2006-11-13 10:27:34 · answer #7 · answered by mrssamikeyp 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Call it whatever you want. The basics (peace and good will toward others, helping out those less fortunate than you, etc) are universal and don't belong to any single religion.
2006-11-13 11:41:31 · answer #8 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Christmas was always a religious holiday for the Christians; it symbolizes the birth of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the Christians. As for the Christians stealing Christmas, talk to the original theives: Sears, Roebucks, Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us, etc....
2006-11-13 10:32:17 · answer #9 · answered by Kenneth w 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
No, we can just call it Yule like the old days. Gotta have something to brighten up the dark old days of winter!
2006-11-13 10:27:56 · answer #10 · answered by SaltWater 3 · 4⤊ 3⤋