Every year (like it or not) Christmas becomes less and less a religious holiday...and mas y mas a soulless carnival suffering the cold of queueing up for something in Harrods that cost £12,000 a fortnight ago, but only £1,200 on the 27th of December.
During the year we may display caring about things other than ourselves - but come Yuletide, we drop all our pretences of modesty and become our most authentic selves - wiping our mouths on the silk curtains whilst we do it...
...is this why some of us sneer at how the less extreme Muslims go about their faith?
2006-12-31 07:22:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Moireas - looks like I've rubbed them up the wrong way...but that's what tends to happen when someone attempts to show the other side.
2006-12-31 07:36:02 · update #1
Azn...can deal with the santa/trees/lights etc...but it's the y-e-a-r-n-i-n-g to gain possessions to make the Jones family next door jealous (which is easy in the UK, as envy is our second-best pastime) - the shiny Mercedes/summer home in Barcelona etc. Christmas inspires the highest highs and the lowest lows, for sure!
2006-12-31 08:54:29 · update #2
Sorry to say this but you're right. SO to me it doesn't matter if it's called Christmas or Xmas. It's too commercial either way. It was a Pagan holiday taken over but instead of using it as a day of remembrance of Christ birth, Christian should remember in their hearts every day. They don't but should.
2006-12-31 09:37:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that the world is taking a celebration that they find difficult to stomach and turning it more and more into the commercial holiday that they prefer to have rather than celebrate the birth that led to our eternal salvation.
For many years , i bought into this commercializm, even while growing in my faith. One year my baby daughter (child number 4) asked about Santa and his authenticity and I found that I couldnt continue to lie to her.
I didnt want her to be sad, but also needed to stay true to what I knew was real and what I knew was not. I told her that the real Santa brought gifts for our newborn king after his birth and that they were called wise men at the time. Nowadays, we call him Santa. I also told her that we all become wise men as we get older and bring gifts to those we love.
She accepted this truth very easily and now loves to tell the story of the first Christmas and the wise men who brought gifts to the new born King.
So, yes, commercializm will continue to run rampant in the world and sadly among many who call themselves Christians. We still celebrate Christmas with gifts to one another and to others, but always within our means. We do keep the meaning of Christmas alive and well within our home and among our friends and unsaved Loved ones.
2006-12-31 15:37:10 · answer #2 · answered by cindy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ was not born on December 25. This is a man-made date. I think Christmas has become a more money-making business in the last 20 years. We should remember the true meaning of Christmas-->to celebrate the coming of Jesus into the world. However, do not forget that He was NOT born on 12/25/??
Guido
2006-12-31 15:28:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think ur totally right asbo arry
nowadays its all about santa, reindeers, lights, the tree etc
christians jus look at it as an excuse to but presents and celebrate
25th dec isnt even when Jesus was born - its a man made date, so what gives christians the right to judge Islam when they dont even understand their own religion?
2006-12-31 15:59:00 · answer #4 · answered by <<youraveragechick>> 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you know Yuletide is actually a Pagan word? No kidding, it is. Because "Christmas" is actually a Pagan holiday twisted to Christian means.
I've noticed that many American Christians are some of the most prejudiced, bigotted and cruel people in the world. They snear because they think everyone should live exactly as they do.
2006-12-31 15:25:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
There is very little Christ in Christmas to begin with...
2006-12-31 15:30:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is pagan it has more to do with santa its just that the christians stole it like every thing else
2006-12-31 15:46:10 · answer #7 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is Yule ...Yule is a Pagan holiday what's christ have to do with it?
2006-12-31 15:27:55 · answer #8 · answered by Timothy S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't celebrate Christmas, or any other religious holiday.
2006-12-31 15:28:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was originally Pagan. Be happy about that truth.
2006-12-31 15:25:39 · answer #10 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋