Christmas is the celebration of the birth of "Christ", so why do non-believers reap the privilege of having

Question

that day off from work too?

Answer 1

Yes. Christmas is the celebration of Christ's birthday. The meaning however, does not stop there. Christmas also means giving. Why can't you give consideration to the non-believers? At any rate, Christ came her not for the believers but for those non believers and for those who sinned. If all people have sinned then we are just all equal in the eyes of God. We ought not to be selfish because we are just all creatures and no one is hight except Him.

Answer 2

Why Not? Look, Christmas dear-heart is not really in December and the actual celebration was in reality a Pagan Festival. In any case why do we need permission to have a holiday at the same time as the so called Christians? 'Love thy neighbour' is the right way according to your own tenet. I don't mind sharing my hours of leisure or festivity so why should you? Does 'love thy neighbour' only mean 'love only those you approve of'. Now you see this is why although I believe in love and decent behaviour I do not follow any organised religion - it is riddled with cant and hypocrisy , like turn the other cheek so I can stab you and run or I can go to church on Sunday then come out and kick the dog in the gutter, that is OK 'cos then I can ask for forgiveness next week. Jesus died for my sins,' and so on. Oh yeah!
Normally I really am tolerant of religious people but there are limits even to my patience and I am far from a saint.(Thank Goodness!)

Answer 3

Oh puke!

Christmas was a Pagan celebration of the birth of the SUN known as Yule. It celebrates the return of longer days due to the Winter Solstice.

Romans celebrated Saturnalia during this time as well.

The early Church tried to ban the Pagan celebrations. Pagans refused to give it up and the Church, knowing they couldn't win this one, "reformed" it into a Christian holiday. The birth of the SUN became the birth of God's SON. They took all the bits and pieces and converted it into having a biblical meaning.

And there you have the short history of it. Read a book other than a bible once in a while and you might learn something.

Why are you celebrating an obvious Pagan Holiday? Shouldn't you be getting back to work?

Answer 4

Because it's now a cultural holiday that doesn't have to have any religious value to it whatsoever. Santa clause is not Jesus and Jesus' birthday was not in December. Getting presents is not Christian-like, giving to the poor is.
This is a commercial holiday now too, and you can't take away peoples rights to have a break from work to spend time with their family to celebrate life and to let their kids have fun with santa's presents. It would be awfully selfish of you to take taht away from people just because they don't follow the same beliefs you do. Not to mention Christmas was a stolen holiday from the Pagans-maybe they should have it back, and you should keep working?
Not only that but many people DON'T get to have christmas off.
Why do you care if people get a break from working really hard? That's isn't very Christ-like behaviour. It's called being selfish.


Christmas has been commercialized, it doesn't have to be celberated by Christians. I know Hindu's who take part in it also.
If you are religious and go to church, then you do that, but leave other people alone to celebrate and be with their families too-jesus would have wanted them to have a day of rest also. Considering they don't get their religious days off...wow, your question just seems so un christian...very selfish and ego full

Answer 5

This is the cause of occasional civil suits but some day there will be a national civil suit. Non-Christians get the same holidays off as Christians. That of itself is not the problem. The problem comes when Non-Christians are denied the right to take off on their own personal religious holidays. Many of the holidays coincide and there is not a problem when that happens. The few that don't coincide are the problems.

Answer 6

Christmas originated from some Pagan Deity's birthday being grafted in and the names were changed to protect the innocents so they would blindly follow.
Truth be told, Jesus Christ was probably born around April or May in our calendar, not December.

Answer 7

Here - some cheese to go with that whine.

We get the day off because the government and business and realized it is a secular holiday now, with it being religious for only part of the population.

BTW- lots of people - Christian and not - work on Christmas. Or do you just not pay attention?

Answer 8

Number one i already know i have to work on christmas and i'm fine with that more money lol. To me Christmas isnt about religion its about getting together with your family and spending time with them, thats why the only reason why i celebrate christmas, thats why my family does there is no mention of christ during this time (my whole family minus me and my dad are religious)

Answer 9

So, if going by your question then - anyone who immigrated to your country should work though - say - Thanks giving, or if you live in another country, they should work through that countries national day of celebration.
The unemployed should work through Labour day and the Chinese should not be allowed new year off since they have a different new year??? Many MANY more examples.

It sounds like you believe all non Christians should defintely be punished and have to work through. Thank goodness we don't all live in YOUR world.

Answer 10

The same reason Christians are off from work during Jewish holidays..
You can't control how the calendar works and which holidays america decides to observe...
If you feel strongly about non believers being off on christmas day, then maybe you ought to be sure to be at work or in school days that may not apply to you.. like if you're not an american.. maybe you should work on the 4th of july, if you are not native american maybe you ought to be at work on thanksgiving, etc...

Answer 11

Well, here's the scoop. Back in Genesis, we read of a dude named Nimrod. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. He founded a place called Babylon. (You might have heard of it.) Anyway, He claimed that His mother Ashter (She's why the holiday Easter came to be) was a virgin. Claimed that He was gored by a boar, and rose from the dead. Claimed to be God. Incidently, he was born on the 25th of December. The Babylonians worshiped him by burning their YULES (the chaldean word for baby) on the fire. They also would decorate trees and have wild parties .

Later, this dude named Constatine decided that one religion would be peaceful for the kingdom, and names the official religion of Rome to be Christianity. He appeases all the old non christians by keeping their practices, but claiming them to be for Jesus. So, Actually, the whole Dec 25 thing is a babylonian practice that the christians adopted.