yet i celebrate christmas every year
2007-07-31 08:51:17 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
i am not gonna tell you ur a hyppocrite, cause this is christmas category!
if you ever found out the true meaning and cause of christmas and understood it, it would change your life and christmas would become so much better and happier &more fun to to you.
2007-07-31 21:29:56 · answer #1 · answered by Robin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I try to wish a Merry Winter Solstice but some automatically assume that's a pagan greeting...even though 'Yule' would be a pagan or Wicca term.
I say 'Merry Christmas' to my (mostly) Xian family-whether they think I'm being a hypocrite or not, I don't think so, I am merely avoiding confrontation on what should be a time for families to celebrate together.
Edit: 'Winter Solstice' is the shortest day of the year. It is an astrological term for that day. Stonehenge is based on it.
Christmas was the Catholics way of trying to take an already existing pagan holiday and turn it into something religious. Even some Christians will admit Christ could not have been born at that time. Easter is another pagan holiday the Catholics couldn't get rid of and they tried to change it, too, into something religious. It's really a fertility celebration based on the beginning of Spring. Halloween, too, was a pagan festival that was too popular to get rid of; that one they tried (unsuccessfully) to turn into a religious-oriented 'day of the dead'. They changed it from Samhein (sp-?) to 'All Saint's Day' and it somehow was changed and abbreviated to 'Halloween'.
2007-07-31 09:00:24 · answer #2 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a wiccan and I celebrate it too. I just don't include any Christian traditions like mangers and baby Jesus', it's all about Santa and his elves and stuff. I love the decorations and the special foods andall my family taking a break and relaxing together.
And of course the presents...
Besides, the holiday existed before the birth of Jesus. It is an ancient Pagan holiday called Yule. The Christians, when their religion seized control of EVERYTHING, took the holiday because they knew the people would keep on celebrating no matter what they did (traditions die hard).
To this day Christmas is also known also by its original name.
2007-08-04 05:53:40 · answer #3 · answered by ivy_la_sangrienta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have helped Santa for a few years now ... let me give you the policy from him.
Whether you are Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, athiest, or any other religion (parents permitting) Santa will bring you a gift if you are good and help with "Peace on Earth, Good Will to All". Christmas is a great time to be a kid !
Some Religious groups have similar celebrations and so don't need to celebrate Christmas as well (Eg, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year ...), and we can wave and wish them a Happy Holiday Season, too.
Santa (Saint Nicholas) himself believes in God and Jesus, and it is a special time for him, and that's why he likes to help others celebrate too.
Have fun and treat others nicely in your own special way
2007-07-31 13:10:04 · answer #4 · answered by wizebloke 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have no interest in the religous side of it. I just lke that there is a day set aside where people are supposed to be nice to each other. I like that we give gifts and make food for others. People should do this at any time of the year just to be nice, but since tradition follows the day, I stick to it. Otherwise I don't celebrate Christian holidays.
2007-07-31 08:57:54 · answer #5 · answered by spookyjimjams 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is ok to celebrate holidays just because they are your family traditions. I've converted to Judiasm but still celebrate Christmas with my family. You do however, have to understand that for some people the holiday has a special religious meaning and not be offensive to them during this most holy time of year (for them I mean of course.)
2007-08-01 07:31:08 · answer #6 · answered by missbeans 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-08 22:11:16 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acourse not.
You're coming from the idea that Christmas is mainly a religious event. In the USA, it's more secular than religious in 2007: Santa, Christmas trees, presents, blinking lights, shiny doodads.
Of course we follow the religious part too: I still go to Mass every Christmas.
But unless you're schlepping to church to sing and chant and pray, you're no more a hypocrite than a non-drag queen who puts on a wig and high heels for Halloween.
2007-07-31 08:57:20 · answer #8 · answered by Acorn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many people, even many Christians, celebrate Christmas as a secular holiday.
For most of American history, Christmas was not celebrated at all! Puritans had rules -against- celebrating Christmas because it was originally a pagan holiday. Much of Christmas custom--Christmas trees, gifts, even the time of year--come from pagan celebrations of the Winter Solstice. It's actually very unlikely that Jesus was born in the dead of Winter. For one thing, shepherds would not be tending their flocks by night in December.
2007-07-31 08:56:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
check out the history of christmas; it is the Christians celebrating a PAGAN holiday. No where in the BIBLE did Jesus say celebrate his birth. He left the celebrations his followers are to follow: The Sabbath (weekly celebration), Baptism (to show the death and resurrection of Christ), Communion (to contiunue until he returns).
2007-08-03 02:28:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas, in all its unholy, capitalistic glory, is hardly just a religious holiday anymore.
Besides, there are so many pagan traditions that have long become a part of Christmas. Does that make Christians hippocrites for celebrating Christmas?
2007-07-31 08:54:05 · answer #11 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋