.....with a little cross on top or baby jesus in a manger, you know....
2006-12-17 08:55:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
On Christmas eve every year before dinner we would light candles on the table and I would get to light the candles on the angel chimes. Then my grandfather would lead us in the song happy birthday. Then he would say a special prayer and we would eat our meal. Commercial things like presents and trees and such were a very, very small part of the celebration. We walked as a family to look at the lights that lined the streets and decorated the homes in Quakertown, Pa. (paper bags with sand in the bottom and candles lit inside). We played instruments and sang religious songs (no secular Christmas music). There was never any doubt what the meaning for the holiday was to my grandparents. Although I never believed in their religion, I highly respect their courage to stand against commercialization and popular culture that has watered down the meaning of the celebration of their holy day.
2006-12-18 06:34:01 · answer #1 · answered by Witchy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas traditions are based on pagan customs that the people were doing during winter solstice anyhow. Then when christiainity became the official religion the authorities realised they couldn't get people to stop their traditional customs so they just reframed these customs to the christian way of thinking. Customs like wreaths, christmas tree, giving gifts, candles, special songs, even the colors used, red and green, all have deep roots in pre christian winter solstice celebrations. Celebrating one's birthday with a cake is a fairly new custom, not near as old as the pagan customs displaced by christmas, so it would be a new kid on the block as customs go. However, there are people who do this or something similar, and you're welcome to do it also.
2006-12-17 09:40:35 · answer #2 · answered by Joni DaNerd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the average person didn't really start celebrating their birthdays until recently. There wasn't really such a things as birthday cake or birthday candles in the middle ages. The average person was considered lucky if they got a slice of cake once in their entire lives, let alone a whole cake every year. Most of our Christmas traditions have come about slowly over the last 2000 years, so that is probably the reason.
2006-12-17 09:01:43 · answer #3 · answered by Cylon Betty 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
on Christmas day final year I had a guy knock on my door attempting to evangelise to me approximately Jesus saying how I ought to repent for my sins. My 10-year-old son over excitedly and ran to the door shouting "Santa Claus got here to my abode!" the guy regarded at me and mentioned "isn't he slightly old to have self assurance that there is an invisible guy interior the sky, staring at each and everything you do, judging no rely in case you're stable or undesirable?" I regarded at him and asked "Sorry, which church have been you from lower back?"
2016-10-18 10:14:24 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My family DOES sing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus every Christmas just before we open the presents. I guess it is just not very widely spread. Perhaps you should start an e-mail campaign and see if people will foward it to all their friends.
2006-12-17 09:09:00 · answer #5 · answered by pwacheri 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people actually do do that. I know some of My fellow Christian whom do because CHrist and the Ctross are the true meaning of Christmas. they do make cakes and do sing hyms or whatnot.
It's just nto widespread.
U should get people at ur Church to start doing it. Great Idea
God Bless
2006-12-17 08:58:44 · answer #6 · answered by Vinny Sacco 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus wasn't born on Dec. 25, the date was made then to lure pagans away from celebrating the winter solstice, away from their polytheistic views toward monotheism.
2006-12-17 08:58:57 · answer #7 · answered by ethical_atheist 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If that's the way you'd like to honor Jesus' birth, then go right ahead!
2006-12-17 09:06:06 · answer #8 · answered by Heron By The Sea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you make it a tradition, then? Something that your family does every Christmas?
2006-12-17 09:01:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is an awful lot of sugar on Christmas...
2006-12-17 08:57:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋