is christmas really a christian event?

Question

because i gurantee the majority of people who celebrate christmas are not christians

so what is the deal with that?

Answer 1

There's no sense in getting territorial over it -- the Christians stole it from the Romans (go look up "Saturnalia") to begin with...

Answer 2

If you were born in the country, chances are you celebrate Christmas. It is a geographic thing. Which also includes what religions you are exposed to as you grow up. I think that is why it is so important to have an open mind to other ways of believing. There is so much more out there, it would be a shame to miss it! Also, Christmas is an extension of a Pagan holiday celebrated close to the same data called Winter Solstice. It is a celebration of the rebirth of the SUN. A promise of the return of warmth that will stimulate the Earth to once again live (and allow families to feed themselves). Christmas...the birth of the SON.

Answer 3

No.

Christmas was/is a pagan celebration that hes wrongly been imported into Christianity.
It is NOT Jesus' birthday.
Jesus was 'about thirty' when he was baptised.
He preached for 3 1/2 years.
He was killed about April/May...specifically Nisan 14 of the Jewish calender.
Go back from April/ May a total of 33 1/2 years and the answer is September/October.
NOT December 25.
Also, when Jesus was born, the shepherds still had their flocks in the open.
In those days, by December 25, all stock was kept indoors.
It can even snow in Jerusalem. And be very cold.

Answer 4

Christmas is "Christ's Mass." that's widely known to rejoice the beginning of Jesus Christ. we don't genuinely understand whilst he grow to be born for particular. Spring seems the superb guess. yet, an afternoon grow to be mandatory, and there grow to be a handy occasion that happened basically after the iciness Solstice. The return of the solar delivered all varieties of stable issues, so, the celebrating the beginning of the Saviour then regarded like a stable thought. So, alongside with the basically Christian issues, we've an entire host of different innovations that somewhat some peoples celebrated at that element of three hundred and sixty 5 days. The yuletide log, Christmas trees, feasting, and all of that grow to be not genuinely Christian, yet, has been absorbed into the Christian occasion. different innovations have been Christian, yet, replaced - the entire thought of Santa Claus. Santa is predicated on the authentic existence Bishop of Myra, however the well-liked Santa owes greater to merchandising, and songs than the authentic guy.

Answer 5

Christmas isnt a Christian any more. The modern Christmas is something created by American companies to make money, and it has to be the best business idea since the invention of money.
Believe it or not, I went shopping last Friday in my local town and there were Christmas trees and decorations up as well as Christmas sales and its only October. Is it only me that this annoys? Christmas should start in December, no earlier.

Answer 6

No one knows what day Jesus Christ was born on. From the biblical description, most historians believe that his birth probably occurred in September, approximately six months after Passover. One thing they agree on is that it is very unlikely that Jesus was born in December, since the bible records shepherds tending their sheep in the fields on that night.

In ancient Babylon, the feast of the Son of Isis (Goddess of Nature) was celebrated on December 25. Raucous partying, gluttonous eating and drinking, and gift-giving were traditions of this feast.
In Rome, the Winter Solstice was celebrated many years before the birth of Christ. The Romans called their winter holiday Saturnalia, honoring Saturn, the God of Agriculture. In January, they observed the Kalends of January, which represented the triumph of life over death. This whole season was called Dies Natalis Invicti Solis, the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun. The festival season was marked by much merrymaking. It is in ancient Rome that the tradition of the Mummers was born. The Mummers were groups of costumed singers and dancers who traveled from house to house entertaining their neighbors. From this, the Christmas tradition of caroling was born.

In 350, Pope Julius I declared that Christ’s birth would be celebrated on December 25. There is little doubt that he was trying to make it as painless as possible for pagan Romans (who remained a majority at that time) to convert to Christianity. The new religion went down a bit easier, knowing that their feasts would not be taken away from them.

So, as we can see. Christmas was never a true Christian celebration.

Answer 7

It's an anti-Christian event. Token annual celebration of a side issue (the crucifixion is the real Christian message) is preferable to having to think about Christ all the time. It makes a society look Christian when it is not. The good is the enemy of the best.
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Answer 8

Well, I'm an Atheist and I celebrate Saturnailia which sort of resembles Christmas cause the Christian's nicked Saturnailia to make their christmas. It's exactly the same only we don't go to mass and there's no crib and we don't call him Santa Claus.

Answer 9

It was originally taken on and given meaning by the Christian faith and if it is celebrated as Christ's birthday, it is a christian festival. However, some people just ignore the religious stuff and enjoy christmas spirit; this is not Christian, this is just having fun. :)

Answer 10

CHRISTmas is a Christian event; the fact that the church decided to use the date of a pagan festival is irrelevant. If my birthday happens to be on the same day the spring equinox it doesn't stop it being my birthday.
Most people don't celebrate Christmas they just use the holiday as an excuse for enjoying themselves.
Personally I enjoy the holiday but primarily I celebrate the birth of my Saviour.

Answer 11

As most thieves will tell you possession is nine tenths of the law. And they stole the holiday in an effort to subvert other cultures that already celebrated the day. Pretty typical for the religion.