2006-12-20 12:07:12 · 12 answers · asked by charday_bonner 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
it used to be about Jesus
2006-12-20 13:54:12 · answer #1 · answered by honest abe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Things mean whatever meaning we give them. To some, Christmas is a solemn religious tradition. To others, it's an annual event where you get drunk at office parties and spend way too much money on gifts. I think most people have a very complex relationship with Christmas.
For me it's pretty much a traditional winter festival with feasting and gifts, some bad pop music, and lots of lights. I didn't grow up in a religious family.
2006-12-20 20:20:09 · answer #2 · answered by Victoria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't the christians, when trying to get more people to convert, try to associate christian symbols and themes with more pagan events? If some non-christians have a big celebration in december, why not rearrange christian traditions so that jesus's birthday falls on the same day?
So.
Some people: Pagan stuff
Christians: Jesus
My answer: international capitalism field day
2006-12-20 21:52:15 · answer #3 · answered by Neil-Rob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In our culture it is about the giving and receiving of goods. IT is a central point of our econonomy and is very much like the practices of the New Guinee tribes who have the same festivals that drive there culture and economy. They of course have a differant God as the catalist.
If you say its about Jesus well thats a nice little thought but it is not the reality of our actions.
2006-12-20 20:15:30 · answer #4 · answered by Rich 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Commercialism
2006-12-20 20:18:20 · answer #5 · answered by Chrissy: The Angry Typer a/k/a Mood Mole 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is about being with family and celebrating the birth of Jesus
2006-12-22 22:51:15 · answer #6 · answered by E-boy H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its about money. Nothing else.
Last time I checked, there was no Santa in the bible. I'm not really sure where the concept of presents comes from.
2006-12-20 20:11:50 · answer #7 · answered by toso13 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think I know that it is a celebration of the birth of Christ.
2006-12-21 11:17:27 · answer #8 · answered by Shikibeeks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing religious about Christmas except the name. everything else is pagan in origin.
2006-12-20 20:10:21 · answer #9 · answered by October 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ
2006-12-20 20:08:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The birth of Jesus Christ.
2006-12-20 20:33:19 · answer #11 · answered by 412 KiD 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋