What do you think the definition of Christmas? because people say its about jesus but its really not! what do u think
2006-12-11 17:50:51 · 10 answers · asked by ghetto fabolous 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes it's about the birth of Christ... Christ-mas
2006-12-11 17:53:39 · answer #1 · answered by Kirk D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im a Christian but I know that Christmas has pagan roots.
As it turns out most of our holidays (holy-days) such as easter, christmas, halloween, the saints' days and even having church on sunday are rooted in pagan traditions.
Its just that when Christainity became popular it opposed paganism. Christmas was an invented celebration to compete with the Pagan Winter Solstice.
Jehovahs Witnesses, i believe, dont celebrate it at all. Probably right too but in my opinion its a bit of a killjoy.
For a Christian, everyday should be about Jesus not just the 25th, but i enjoy christmas for the good food, family and friends and bond movies on tv.
It doesnt mean support paganism, just simply that youre free to celebrate what christmas means to you.
2006-12-12 03:49:13 · answer #2 · answered by The Tinker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not a Christian, but, I have read about the origin of Christmas:
Christmas is, in its origins and its symbolism, perhaps the most pagan-inspired of all Christian holidays. Its dating derives from the ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia, which was determined by the winter solstice, that astronomical point in the year after which the periods of sunlight on Earth lengthen.
And that's not all that contemporary Christians have in common with neo-pagans. Most of the popular symbols surrounding Christmas - evergreen trees and other greenery, mistletoe and holly, the Yule log, candles and bonfires and holiday lights, mystical spirits with the ability to fly and to enter and leave a house through its chimney, tricksters who treat or taunt little children, not to mention those elves - all derive from older, pre-Christian Europe.
These pagan-derived symbols and customs are precisely the elements of Christmas that Christian activists are pressing to preserve and promote.
2006-12-12 01:54:14 · answer #3 · answered by Shossi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is what we today celebrate concerning the birth of Jesus Christ - God's free gift to the whole world.
2006-12-12 01:57:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says that by their traditions, some make God's word invalid. This is one of those traditions. It has nothing to do with God, in fact, it is based on compromise with pagan beliefs rather than standing up for the truth about Christ. He was not born anytime in December and if God wanted you to celebrate his birth, he would have told you exactly when it was just like he told us when to celebrate the Last Supper.
2006-12-12 02:11:31 · answer #5 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'I think that the Jehovah's witnesses are right on the mark when it comes to not celebrating Christmas. I celebrate it myself, but I.m a spiritual mishmash still on the journey of discovery myself, and I don't consider myself a true Christian, because I know how hard living like a true christian that would be! (or a true Muslim, or a True Jew, Or a true Amish person....)
2006-12-12 03:54:59 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does not really matter wheather christ was born on the 25th,what really counts is that god sacrificed his only begotten son,so man can repent and have eternal life.I think thats why people give presents,not only because the wise men did,but because god gave his son as a present to us.
2006-12-12 02:11:18 · answer #7 · answered by siaosi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its suppossed to be about Jesus, but its not because we live in a pagan society and now its about materialism, sad.
But to me its all about Jesus!
2006-12-12 01:54:22 · answer #8 · answered by bungyow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since it never was, its nothing new.
2006-12-12 01:53:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
its just an empty festival..
2006-12-12 01:54:00 · answer #10 · answered by chris_muriel007 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋