Do you like christmas? Why or why not?

Answer 1

i like christmas. about christmas:

Christmas is the Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus, who Christians believe is The Son of God. The name Christmas is the day of the Christ's birth, which is why Christians call it Christmas, though it is pronounced like Chris muhss.

Over the least few decades Christmas has been commercialized more and more.The religious signification was almost lost, and the retail industry has pushed hard to focus the festival on giving (many, preferably expensive) gifts or presents to one another. This is shown in a recent push for the term "X-mas" (X sound resembles Christ) instead of the traditional "Christmas".

Some religious Christians observe a month of fasting (they will eat less during that month, which is probably comparable to Islamic Ramadan). This, however, is not always the case.


Christmas time specialties
Many cultures have traditional foods baked around Christmas, like the French "Buche de Noel" or gingerbread men and women which are decorated and hung on the Christmas tree. Many families also prepare egg nog or pfeffernüsse (spiced cookies rolled in powdered sugar).

All those pastries are probably a sign of feasting that the fasting is now over (much like the festival after Ramadan is over, and have little to do with Christmas in the first place).


Christmas tree
In most homes when Christmas is celebrated, people either chop down their own Christmas tree down and bring it indoors to decorate, or they buy one from a Christmas tree lot. Evergreen trees are used which began as a custom in Germany. It is said that this particular tree, which is green all year round and never loses its beautiful fragrance, symbolizes the never changing love of Jesus Christ. Young children wait for the arrival of presents from Santa Claus, a name derived from the original St. Nicholas who lived in the 4th century. St. Nicholas would deliver presents in secret to those in need in his small village. Christmas is one of the holiest of calendar days in the church year for Christians, as they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ,who came to save sinners from a life apart from God. Through the sacrifice of Christ's life, 32 years later, mankind would have the ability to be forgiven by God for sin as well as the promise of receiving ever-lasting life after death. Jesus was not actually born on December 25th, but the church made that day a feast (Probably also to counter other pagan rites that took place at that time of the year. The feast to the god Mithras is said to have been held at that time).


Date of celebration
Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on the 6th of January (Supposedly Magi came to the birthplace of Christ and left presents at that date, but the Orthodox church still uses the Julian Calendar to do calculations. This calendar is about 10 days off compared to the modern calendar.)

Catholics and Protestants celebrate on the 25th of December (Feast of Mithras, as above).


Other holidays around Christmas
There are other holidays that take place around Christmas time. The Jewish people celebrate Chanukka, although this feast of lights is not their holiest time of the year. Chanukkah is a remembrance of the miracle God supplied of 8 days of light and heat to the lamps of the Jewish people as they fought off their enemies. African Americans celebrate Kwanzaa, although many African Americans have a deeply rooted Christian faith, so they may celebrate Christmas first and Kwanzaa as a cultural versus spiritual celebration.

Jehovah's Witnesses, although they believe that Jesus Christ is God's Son who was born to Mary in Bethlehem, do not celebrate Christmas as they do not believe that Jesus was born on December 25. Neither do they celebrate Yule as this has its origins in the pagan festivals associated with the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.

Yule, celebrates the rebirth of the earth during the winter solstice (usually December 20-22). At Yule, the Holly King, God of winter, is taken over by the Oak King, God of Spring or rebirth, also known as the Divine Child. Common shared traditions between Yule and Christmas include: caroling, decorating the Yule tree, kissing under the mistletoe and honoring Kriss Kringle (Santa Claus), the Germanic God of Yule.

Answer 2

Personally, I love Christmas -- all the shiny ornaments, family get togethers, etc. But the part of love the most is the 2-3 weeks leading up to Christmas. Everything -- even traffic lights --seem nicer, cleaner, shinier. I L-O-V-E this time of year!

Answer 3

I LOVE Christmas because its a day to celebrate Jesus's birthday.

Answer 4

Love it...Why? My Family, I love being with them and this year we'll have 5 little ones---ages 3,2,2,2,8months, and 12 of us.We have a set of twins and one born 3 months after them---all BOYS.I can't wait to see them get into their stockings---the stockings are 3feet long.MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS.......

Answer 5

Yes the religious part and the family dinner but not the commercialism!

Answer 6

i like christmas because its gods birthday and pluse we get presants and you get to spend time with your family

Answer 7

I like it, but at the same time it's stresses me out! People just expect so much.......

Answer 8

not. its a hallmark holiday, lets spend spend and be stress out ,

Answer 9

not really spend too much money