The abolition of christmas, what will it be replaced with?

Question

Since 1870, nearly 3 centuries after the first colonial settlements. Christmas has been a national holiday. Usually the complaint was about public mischief or pagan origins. Recently christmas received a few more enemies from the religious/non-religious rivals and commercialism. Individually, christmas persisted but as it is challenged on church/state separation issues and secular commercial interest-it now seems christmas may at the very least lose it's social supports.The questions are: can christmas be saved? can it be returned to it's christian origins and should it be saved in it's current over-commercialized christian-devoid state? Though most of colonial american history christmas did not exist, to lose christmas now would destroy one of the last moral anchors in this society. For all the aspiring grammar teachers, please try to focus on the issue if you must answer. Those who can do ASK, those who can't....

Answer 1

The guy that said that Christmas had non Christian origins is brain dead. The first 6 letters of Christmas is CHRIST, so that is just downright stupid.

Let's stop being afraid of saying Merry Christmas instead of happy holidays. If you have a Jewish friend, tell them Happy Hanuka. That's the only Holiday that butts right up against Christmas. Don't be afraid to celebrate our holiday

Answer 2

There is some truth in what most everyone else has said but let me sort it out for you.

True, most of the tradional ways of celebrating Christmas with the greenery, yule logs, trees, feasts and even the gift giving all have pagan origins.

The date of December 25th was simply a social/political choice made by a Pope to try and diminish the pagan sun worshipers that used the same or close date. We do not know the exact day of the birth but it is most likely not in December but that is neither here nor there.

The date and celebration of Christ's birth did not even enter into the early church followers because the day of resurrection is the one significant event in the Christian foundation. It was not until 2-3 hundreds later that discussions about Jesus' humanity/divinity did the birth date issue begin to arise and the setting of a date to celebrate it to further emphasize the fact that he was indeed born of human flesh yet was God.

The use of live nativity scenes was first established by Saint Francis of Assisi. The Germans gave us the Christmas tree and other traditions have been brought in over the years. There really was a St. Nicholas who was known for his generosity and from that grew what we now have as something totally unlike the original St. Nicholas.

You can find tons of info on the origins of Christmas online. The word Christmas comes from the Catholic Christ Mass, the Mass held on Christmas day or eve in some places, some at the stroke of midnight.

Has the holiday been over commercialized? Of course, just like the rest of them. But if one truly wants to benefit from the potential of the holiday one must weed through all the hype and pressures and keep it simple and focused on what it really means: God coming to us.

Answer 3

I really don't care one way or another if the government continues to recognize the holiday.

To me, Christmas has transcended Christianity and has become a wonderful time to get together with family and friends, and celebrate our time together. I think Jesus would (and Christians should) appreciate that.

If it ceases to be a federal holiday, I'm sure my company (and most companies, if they know anything about employee relations) will still give us the day off. If not, I'll use a vacation day - no big deal.

No matter what the government does, Christmas will never 'go away.'

Answer 4

Winter Solstice!!
I believe Christmas can be saved by a great revival in this country of all God-fearing men and
women!
Christmas can be returned to it's Christian origins
if people would go to a church of their choice and pray for the salvation of this country and it's government!!
YES on the question of Christmas being saved
in it's present or current over-commercialized
christian-devoid state!!
We MUST NOT lose sight of the reason for celebrating Christmas and that is having faith in
JESUS CHRIST and the magic word is PRAYER!!
Prayer really works and I can testify to that!!

Answer 5

Christmas has more to do with astrology than anything.
It falls around the winter solstice, and celebrates the 'rebirth' of the SUN.. (not birth of the SON.)


http://zeitgeistmovie.com/

So will be hard to 'return to christian roots' when there are no christian roots to return to...

Answer 6

Christmas has non-Christian origins, so how can you say we need to return it to its Christian origins? Since almost none of our Christmas traditions are related to Jesus, how can you complain if it isn't observed piously and in a 100% Christian-positive way? With the exception of midnight mass, almost none of the current holiday traditions have anything to do with Jesus. It isn't even his birthday. Lastly, how on earth can you call the Christmas holiday a moral anchor? I am thinking hard on this and besides the Salvation Army charities, I can't see how the holiday is a moral anchor.

Rather than qualify your question and preempt an urge to correct your mistakes, why don't you take the time to compose a question free or nearly free of errors? I don't see many mistakes anyway.

Answer 7

It will be totally abolished if people let it be. The best way to combat that is to celebrate it and make sure all your neighbors know you are .It's a time for the family to come together and celibrate our christian heritige.

Answer 8

Abolishing Christmas would be an astonishingly stupid thing to do . We are getting soooooo Politically Correct and "stupider" by the minute.

Answer 9

it way to commercailized but im not going to stop celebrating it because its my religion to belive that Christ was born on that day

Answer 10

Nothing in my household.