How did people celebrate Christmas? Could you celebrate without those things now?
2006-12-10 06:15:55 · 3 answers · asked by Micah 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A lot of modern Christmas traditions only appeared in the nineteenth century-in the middle ages Christmas was a period of prolonged festivities and an individual-usually a peasant- was appointed as a "lord of misrule" to oversee the debauchery, gluttony and general mayhem.
2006-12-10 06:19:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
all of those things predate christianity, and therefore christmas--there was never a time when christmas didn't have santa, the decorations or the tree
2006-12-10 06:18:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
X-mas is an old Pagan midwinter fest that has been high-jacked by xians. The tree decorations is from that time and was also adopted by xians.
2006-12-10 06:18:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋