What are the root causes of the loss of the true meaning of christmas?....seems it's all greed anymore....not a celebration of the birth of Christ
2006-12-15 15:44:22 · 39 answers · asked by William L 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For one reason and one reason only, and that reason is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
2006-12-15 15:45:55 · answer #1 · answered by Roman Soldier 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Maybe you are looking in the wrong places. Although, I do agree that the true meaning of Christmas has been lost for many, there are still many, many people in the world who have not lost the truth! And yes, a majority of us are Christian but we are not idiots, like another person thinks. All my family and friends we all celebrate the birth of Jesus because we know the truth! We even bake him a birthday cake! And you know what, I've never seen before so much charity and giving like this Christmas season! There are still many with caring and loving hearts. So I just wanted to let you know we're out here! Well God Bless You for caring and may your Christmas be Merry and Bright!
2006-12-15 16:22:35 · answer #2 · answered by Ramosfam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the true meaning of Christmas is a celebration of the return of the Sun from the winter solstice. The ancients thought that when the sun was at the winter solstice it may never return. The days would get shorter and shorter until the day lenght would seem to stop getting shorter but stay the same. It would seem to die for three days (sound familar?). The sun was fighting to survive the solstice. The sun would win every year and come back to life on the 25th, but these ancients did not understand the solar system as we do today, so they would bring in evergreen trees to represent everlasting life to remind them that the sun always comes back. They would celebrate the suns return and hopes for spring again for the year. This is the TRUE meaning of Christmas, is was changed long ago to represent another son (sun).
2006-12-15 16:03:08 · answer #3 · answered by Sand 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We live in a secular world. There are more non Christians who celebrate Christmas than there are Christians.
I wish the true meaning of Christmas would once again be the reason behind this holiday. Perhaps the craziness around this time of year would be stopped if more people would celebrate Christ!
Merry Christmas!
2006-12-15 15:50:18 · answer #4 · answered by zoril 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably it has something to do with the fact that Christ wasn't born on Christmas day. December 25th would not have been a night when the shepherds would have been tending their flocks. Jesus was actually born sometime between September and October. Maybe it would mean more if you celebrated during the season when your savior was born.
Secondly, meaning is only lost to those who choose to lose it. If you want to find meaning, make meaning. If you want to escape the materialism, do so. No-one says you have to buy into it.
As for me, this time of year is a time of working hard to explore the meaning of my faith and to try to celebrate and learn and grow. The materialism may be going on around me, but that doesn't mean it has to rule me.
2006-12-15 15:50:08 · answer #5 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In in order to lose something, a person must first find it. For those of us who revere Christ and celebrate His birth, we have lost nothing of the meaning of Christmas. Christ's earthly birth but was but one stop on His great journey of redemption for all mankind; His death on the cross and His resurrection were other sacred events. Christians around the world celebrate all of these times. Through His birth, death, and resurrection, Christ offers new birth to all. While I personally wish that some celebrations were less secular, I celebrate in the way that my love for Christ tells me to. A merry and blessed Christmas to all and a prosperous and healthy New Year.
2006-12-15 16:04:50 · answer #6 · answered by mybella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, you're right, why aren't people celebrating the Pagan gods?
In Roman times, the best-known winter festival was Saturnalia, which was popular throughout Italy. Saturnalia was a time of general relaxation, feasting, merry-making, and a cessation of formal rules. It included the making and giving of small presents (Saturnalia et Sigillaricia), including small dolls for children and candles for adults
The Romans held a festival on December 25 called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, "the birthday of the unconquered sun."
Pagan Scandinavia celebrated a winter festival called Yule, held in the late December to early January period. Yule logs were lit to honor Thor, the god of thunder, with the belief that each spark from the fire represented a new pig or calf that would be born during the coming year. Feasting would continue until the log burned out, which could take as many as twelve days.
All I know is that Saturn is going to be pissed that people are forgetting his celebration day. Especially when he finds out that the christians stole his holiday and gave it to some guy that there is scant proof of his existence.
2006-12-15 15:51:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, really Christmas started as Christ mass, but still back then people celebrated it like a scene from Mardi Gras, so it has never really been about Christ in the first place, but yes the traditional Christmas theme has been lost because of all the toys and gifts.
2006-12-15 15:48:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
As an Atheist i have self belief Christmas has misplaced this is authentic meaning, the position human beings used to provide to different, educate a great quantity of kindness to their fellow guy. Christmas has grow to be commercialized to no end, greed of persons actually concerns, and back at the same time as others became once type only ignore about and walk previous them as if they were the exact same dirt it is on our floor. each 365 days I see this I start up to weep for the way a ways humanity has fallen.
2016-10-18 08:50:59 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas has become commercialized. Stores see dollar signs and people started thinking it was all about getting things they wanted. They took Christ out and put Santa in. I'm not against Santa, but when you put presents and material things before the true meaning, it makes Christmas just another day when it should be something special.
2006-12-15 15:48:19 · answer #10 · answered by angeldiva 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not religious, so for me it was never a celebration of the birth of Christ. As a kid I liked it only because of the presents and the food (my mom tried to make me methodist, but it didn't work). Now I enjoy having some days off from work and getting together w ith family and old friends.
2006-12-15 15:47:22 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋