ok, i don't mean this in any rude or offensive way
doesn't bother you that you do not get to celebrate Christmas?
I mean do you ever feel that you are missing out on something totally fun? What do you all do on Christmas? Or is that Adam Sandler song lying?
2006-11-16 03:00:15 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Cammie, Christians do celebrate passover.
2006-11-16 06:06:55 · update #1
They Have Hanukkah at the same time as Christmas .
If you notice every major christian holiday co-insides with their major holiday .
They had major holidays before the Christians .
If you remember Christ was supposedly at a Seder ?
2006-11-16 03:06:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Do you feel left out when you don't celebrate Passover ?
The problem is that Christmas is so commercial these days.We enjoy staying out of the malls, looking at the Christmas lights,vacationing and going to the movies.
Christmas is also a day when many of us help out charity. We take over volunteer jobs that would otherwise be left undone that day.We deliver meals, help out in hospitals and work with those who have no one.
2006-11-16 11:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by Cammie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not Jewish but in my faith (JW), we don't celebrate Xmas either. I have never felt like I was missing out on anything - even as a kid. Our family was fun and loving and we got gifts for no reason other than our parents loved us at all times of the year. On Christmas, since most people have the day off from work or school, we always went skiiing and sometimes went home and had a big dinner with friends/family. Now that I'm grown up, we might just sit around eating and relaxing with friends all day.
2006-11-16 11:04:19 · answer #3 · answered by krobin 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How can jews be left out,
1) they have there own special days
2) they do not except jesus as the son of god nor as a prophet
3) jesus was born in march not december
why should they feel left out thats a very silly question, lots of other faiths dont celabrate christmas BIG DEAL wots so special about it there is far more better days we get presents and treats
2006-11-16 11:42:49 · answer #4 · answered by sisterly love 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Im not Jewish but I can explain this general situation.
If you were a guy, would you feel left out when girls go group shopping when they are having such a fun time doing it?
On the other hand, if you are a girl, would you feel left out of the fun when the guys are ... idk, went to a strip club or something.
In any case, our sense of fun from Christmas is subjective. Jewish people do not have to feel 'left out' if they dont believe in Christmas.
On another issue, Christmas is no longer a religious holiday seeing how commercialism has beat its religious meaning into the ground.
2006-11-16 11:04:35 · answer #5 · answered by leikevy 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Some of us get a big laugh out of the whole thing.
Being that Yeshua (you call him Jesus) was born in March and your Holy Roman Emporer Constantine was a lifelong follower of Sol Invictus, the Council of Nicea voted and birthdate was changed to coincide with the Winter Solstice just the same way the Virgin Birth was a ripped off idea from Mithraism. I love the way the Roman Church claims that the Devil went back 800 years in time and post-changed the Mithra legend.
OK so it's a Wiccan Celebration more than anything else.
Well, in order to keep the Hebrews' children from feeling left out, we decided to celebrate Chanuka. I think it's a made up holiday because, when you think about it, it was a very minor miracle that's being celebrated. It's like "Yipee, the oil lasted 8 days instead of one". Maybe they just had more lamp oil than they thought.
2006-11-16 11:19:58 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
From a reverse perspective.
Being raised in a Catholic home we had Hanukkah as well as Christmas. I am sure we didn't do it to spec but the jist of it. I also remember in school every year learning about both...well at least in grade school.
Like the above I am sure many Jewish famlies do the same and recognize both. I enjoyed both and the Jewish people I knew did both as well. I am sure we had different emphasis in some areas but never the less.
2006-11-16 11:21:20 · answer #7 · answered by Labatt113 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know plenty of Jews that celebrate the secular part of Chrismas, have a tree, big turkey dinner, give presents, say "Merry Christmas" to their friends AND celebrate Haunnaka too. Now don't you feel a little left out.
2006-11-16 11:04:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Not at all...do you feel that you miss out not celebrating chanukah, passover or purim or eid or hindu and shinto holy days for that matter?
2006-11-16 11:09:22 · answer #9 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please.
Oh, I get it - you think "christmas" is a "christian" holiday!
You're wrong of course - like everything else in the religion, it's merely hijacked paganism. And here and now in the 21st century, it has practically nothing to do with religion at all. It's a capitalist festival, and the Jews have adapted Hannukah to compete commercially. No need to feel bad for anybody, but thanks anyway.
2006-11-16 11:05:04 · answer #10 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋