2006-12-20 07:53:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
The meaning of Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas Day is His birthday.
If you listen to the religious Christmas songs you can understand what a glorious time it was!
Also, go to the source, read your Bible (New Testament); it will explain everything and will do wonders for you personally as well!
2006-12-20 08:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by Goyo 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Winter Solstice, which came before Christmas, is the shortest day of the year (in the northern hemisphere), and it's a time to celebrate the time when the days will get longer and spring will return. It's a solar holiday, and it can be celebrated by non-religious people as well from a secular aspect. However, it was originally celebrated by pre-Christian Pagans from various countries and traditions. Many modern day Christmas traditions stem from the earlier Pagan traditions.
It's a time to celebrate with friends and families. Yule is when trees are decorated because the evergreen is a symbol of life. (It stays green during the winter, even though the other trees have lost their leaves!) Wreaths represent rebirth, because they are circular. Gifts are given, and big meals are eaten. It's a time to cherish each other's company.
Also, many other Gods aside from the Christian Messiah share the same birthday. Check out Mithras, Dionysus (Bacchus), and Heru (Horus). Worship of these Gods predates Jesus, so perhaps that is what is upsetting. Even in modern Pagan traditions, it is a time to celebrate the birth of a Sun God.
2006-12-20 07:56:08 · answer #2 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically "Christmas" is the day recognized to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
However, Jesus was not born on that day and most scholars agree that the day was chosen to help make the transition from Judaism and Paganism easier as they already had winter holidays. This way the new Christians wouldn't feel left out of celebrations.
Winter Solstice holidays have been celebrated long before Christianity, so anyone who says that without Christ and Christians, there would be no winter holidays, is undereducated and seriously mistaken.
What you choose to do on "christmas" and what it means to you is completely up to you and your family.
2006-12-20 08:02:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a day set aside for the remembrance of the birth of Jesus The Christ... no hidden meaning at all... just a time to reflect on what occured and how it affects us to day.
2006-12-20 07:57:25 · answer #4 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To celebrate the birth of Santa Claus by giving all your money to businesses.
2006-12-20 08:01:20 · answer #5 · answered by jons_plan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians celebrate this holiday to mark the birth of God's son when he came to earth. It is a celebration of the greatese gift of all.
2006-12-20 07:55:53 · answer #6 · answered by Jesse 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Time for reflecting, giving, sharing and rebirth or renew to make yourself better and forgive those who hurt your feelings.
2006-12-20 08:03:05 · answer #7 · answered by Amor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bestial devastation of the forest.
2006-12-20 08:02:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋