2007-05-06 16:07:00 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wow. I only asked a question, I didn't abolish Christmas.
2007-05-07 11:01:38 · update #1
We have more holidays in the winter so people can get relief from being shut in by the bad weather. Also, before Christmas was celebrated there was a holiday just like it at the same time in the year in honor of the pagan god Saturn. People liked it and did not want to give it up so the Roman Church Christianized it by turning it into Christmas.
2007-05-06 16:16:51 · answer #1 · answered by Wrath Warbone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Ariel and Sunshine's answers are most accurate. Actually, Christmas is a Catholic conversion/coverup of a pagan festival. Same with Easter.
Sure, Christ's birth and Resurrection Day are incredible things that need to be celebrated, but not in the manner that they commonly are. We as humans (and our impossibly stubborn flesh nature) are just too greedy and needed a reason to get and give stuff.
Actually, kind of funny that this is mentioned, because I was just remembering what I did last Christmas... it's a little bit humor and a little bit deep theological(?) truth, and no, I'm not insane.
I made these cute little comics that had a star over a Christmas tree instead of Christ, which represented commercialism today and the prospect of getting, getting, getting, etc. The star grows bigger, and then turns into a rocket, and (I'm telling you, I'm not crazy) blows up the X-mas tree (notice their is no 'Christ' in X-mas) and that just represents the unbalance of sin and on a much more profound level what happens when we fall into sin and can't escape it-- much like the Catholic church couldn't subdue the pagan traditions celebrated by some of the people. Get it? Explosion... fire...hell. Ha... ha ha...
No, I'm not crazy.
2007-05-06 16:22:08 · answer #2 · answered by faith.angel07 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The scriptures do not list everything we are to do, nor everything we are not to do. The law of God is now written on our hearts. The Bible says whatever you do, do it to the glory of God. If you can celebrate Christmas to the glory of God, then do it. If you can not celebrate Christmas to the glory of God, then don't. As a Christian, I celebrate Christmas a little bit everyday. I am thankful that Jesus Christ came into the world, every day of the year.
2007-05-06 16:13:17 · answer #3 · answered by ignoramus_the_great 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Christians wanted the pagans to convert so they tried to change the pagan holidays to Christian ones - this way ppl would accept it more. The first Christians did not celebrate Christmas, even to this day the Orthodox Church treats Easter as the top holiday...Christmas is not. Tradionally ppl did not celebrate birthdays back then...
2007-05-06 17:04:09 · answer #4 · answered by Sassafrass 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Christmas was originally a pagan festival celebrating the winter solstice and the British Christians were trying to worm their way into the formerly pagan Britain's lives.
So they first worked with the Druids and the Wiccans, adopting their festivals and then later, when they betrayed their former allies, took over the festivals and declared them to be Christian only.
2007-05-06 16:14:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The catholic church translated the pagan deities to Christian names in an attempt to bring Christians and pagans together. If you will go to the website listed below there are several articles about christmas and why we shouldn't celebrate it. BTW Easter is the same way. Neither have ANY thing to do with Christ.
2007-05-06 17:13:34 · answer #6 · answered by Batty1970 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You don't ONLY have to do what the scripture tells you to do. You are not a robot. We celebrate Christmas because we are free to love Jesus however we want. And you don't have to celebrate it if you don't want to.
2007-05-06 16:24:16 · answer #7 · answered by The Lamb of Vista 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can only answer for myself, but I celebrate the birth of Christ because it helps me to remember that while "unto us a child is born" also a Son was given. God gave up His only begotton Son knowing that He would be tortured, spat upon, and killed.
In short, I celebrate Christmas because it's yet another way to remember that God loves me.
2007-05-06 16:16:40 · answer #8 · answered by James Mc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock.
The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear.
The angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord.
And this will be a sign for you: you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger."
And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying:
"Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests."
That sound like celebrating the birth of the Messiah. We just do the same.
2007-05-06 16:15:10 · answer #9 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on your faith catholicism was the first religion to practice and even created christmas. it was a day accepted to celebrate jesus birth. on a catholic point of view. i dont know why evangelicals celebrate.
2007-05-06 16:14:00 · answer #10 · answered by a_perez317 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋