is this what 12 years of catholic school taught you. that white men in red suits coming down chimney's is jesus's birth and white rabbits hopping down the bunny trail and giving out eggs and candy explain his death. these things have nothing to do with christ's death or birth.read the gospel's for yourself.
2006-12-17 09:42:45 · 11 answers · asked by sade b 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
nothing at all
2006-12-17 09:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by pops 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Surprise Surprise, not all of us went to Catholic school and not all of us believe that Christmas is about jesus or that easter is about his death. The rabbit was chosen because Easter is a holiday celebrating the fertility of life. Spring brings the new birth, the trees grow their leaves, flowers bud from the ground, animals recreate life as spring babies arrive...the rabbit was well known for it's high reproductivity and so it represents this festival. The egg is also a symbol of fertility.
Santa is really a way to teach children about magic, love, generousity....Santa helps teach us what christmas is all about, for us non religious folks.
2006-12-17 17:59:49 · answer #2 · answered by JamieLeigh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't realize everyone attended catholic school. St. Nicholas was a real person and his generosity came to be associated w/the generosity we (but not you) show at Christmas. The bunny is a fertility/spring symbol expressing the hope of good harvests & plenty to eat. The bunny also comes out of a hole in the ground - now who does that sound like.
2006-12-17 18:42:23 · answer #3 · answered by Taffy Saltwater 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does Christmas have to do with Jesus' birth? This is simply a way for Christians to take a pagan holiday (i.e., Winter Solstice) and get them to celebrate something to do with Jesus. I suppose there would be problems with too many days off if Jesus' birth was celebrated at the appropriate time, what with Easter happening at the same time of the year.
2006-12-17 17:47:53 · answer #4 · answered by p_carroll 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
well no one really knows when jesus was really born, many believe around march. but the reason that alot of christian holidays are on the same day or around pagan holidays is so that way back when, when christians were persecuted, they wouldnt get caught celebrating.
"santa" was actually a real person, saint nicholas. and he was very generous, there used to be a holiday in honor of him at the begining of december, but christmas and that kind of got pushed together.
2006-12-17 17:55:43 · answer #5 · answered by jessiclaus 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Better to ask the reverse of this question, and ask why the church took over existing pagan holidays (hint - to help gain converts to the "new" religion). Mid-winter and spring pagan holidays were here long before Christ.
2006-12-17 17:55:12 · answer #6 · answered by mattzcoz 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is all just commercial influence. Actually the representation of the bunny and eggs comes from the pagan side of celebration...the eggs represent fertility...for the pagan orgy's.
2006-12-17 17:53:15 · answer #7 · answered by yidlmama 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It has absolutely nothing to do with it and people ought to be ashamed of themselves because I believe that the Roman Catholics had started this because they were ashamed of what they did to him from the get go so now let's call it something that it should not be. Jesus lives everyday and was present with his Father before we even existed
2006-12-17 17:53:31 · answer #8 · answered by proud of it 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
This isn't even a question, and you need to learn the proper use of the apostrophe.
2006-12-17 17:49:51 · answer #9 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think they just make that stuff up to make children like religion.
2006-12-17 17:51:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋