I know the three kings gave baby Jesus gifts. When and How did it become giving gifts to each other?
2006-12-20 05:32:45 · 6 answers · asked by nomakeup 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Saint Nicolas used to ask parents how their kids were for the whole year and in the spirit of the wise men would give gifts accordingly, if they were bad, he would leave coal in their stockings and if they were good he would leave a toy. I'm assuming that after he died it just continued and escalated into getting everybody gifts. I'm not complaining though, I love Christmas... I think that it's a time of celebration and the gifts are a wonderful perk.
2006-12-20 05:37:59 · answer #1 · answered by Mel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you know the old saying "It's the thought that counts"
The gift or the price you pay for a gift is not the important
thing...It's the sharing, the love and the hugs you give.
Those are your true gifts..........Being blessed to be able to
share with your friends and family. Giving of yourself, is
always very special. The true Christmas spirit is not the
commercialism you see a lot of people getting sucked into.
God has blessed us with the gift of salvation....We can
bless each other with the gift of our love and prayers.
2006-12-20 13:58:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a very good question that you have asked, yea, thats right, in my point of view, i think that its where the wise men came to visit baby jesus on the night where baby Jesus was in bethlehem. By acknowledging Him as the Son of God, they presented myrrh, gold and fran(forgotten the spelling)...
apart from this, i also think that its due to the fact that God gave His one and only Son Jesus to earth the save the sinners, and this is one part of an important that happened where it was obvious God also gave us something that leads to salvation...
from all these events, people started giving presents i guess....it symbolizes God giving His son to us... merry Christmas!
2006-12-20 13:46:49 · answer #3 · answered by Nausea Gal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of the 3 kings. i no u no but it is because they warned mary of harod right before they presented the gifts. we celebrate the warning by giving gifts.
hope i helped and merry christmas
2006-12-20 13:41:23 · answer #4 · answered by **Lizz** ♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans are copy cats by nature .
2006-12-20 13:41:06 · answer #5 · answered by kate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you answered your question yourself...
Merry Christmas...
2006-12-20 13:41:18 · answer #6 · answered by Scott 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋