Is Christmas more commercial or religious?

Answer 1

When they start advertising Christmas in October, it's no longer religious.

Answer 2

If one trys to look at how everyone experiences the Day then it would be no doubt that commercial would win but I can only control how I treat it. For me...HE was not born at that time but I definitely want to celebrate the fact that HE was...I think that Hanukkah is a most important event to celebrate which actually did occur around the time that Christmas is celebrated.
Ultimately...it all comes down to The Light. Celebrate the flame that lasts and the time when the Light came into the world.

Answer 3

Christmas is getting more commercial in recent days.

Throughout the 20th century, the United States experienced what became known as the Christmas controversies over the nature of the day, and its dual status as a religious feast day and a secular holiday of the same name. The importance of the economic impact of the secular Christmas holiday was reinforced in the 1930s when President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed moving the Thanksgiving holiday date to extend the Christmas shopping season and boost the economy during the Great Depression. Religious leaders protested this move, with a New York Times roundup of Christmas sermons showing the most common theme as the dangers of an increasingly commercial Christmas.

Some considered the U.S. government's recognition of Christmas as a federal holiday to be a violation of the separation of church and state. This was brought to trial several times, recently including in Lynch v. Donnelly (1984) and Ganulin v. United States (1999).

On December 6, 1999, the verdict for Ganulin v. United States (1999) declared that "the establishment of Christmas Day as a legal public holiday does not violate the Establishment Clause because it has a valid secular purpose." This decision was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court on December 19, 2000. At the same time, many devout Christians objected to what they saw as the vulgarization and cooption of one of their sacred observances by secular commercial society and calls to return to "the true meaning of Christmas" are common.

Debates about Christmas in America continued into the 21st century. In 2005, some Christians, along with American political commentators such as Bill O'Reilly, protested what they perceived to be the secularization of Christmas. They felt that the holiday was threatened by a general secular trend, or by persons and organizations with an anti-Christian agenda. The perceived trend was also blamed on political correctness.

Encouraged by the commercial sector, the secular celebration of Christmas is popular in Japan, though Christmas is not a national holiday. The Japanese adopted the character of Santa Claus in their celebrations, but the Santa image does not carry the same social importance as in western countries. Christmas is not as important as New Year's Day, which is the most sacred holiday in Japan, whereas Christmas is not a holiday at all. In contrast to western customs, Christmas Eve is a day for couples to date and groups to hold parties, while the official New Year's Day holiday is a day of family celebration. Christmas Eve is a time for lovers to exchange gifts, have a special date and stroll under Christmas lights erected by companies and governments to enhance the romantic feel of the day. All Christmas theme decorations come down on the 25th and are replaced by New Year's decorations. A unique feature of Christmas in Japan is the Christmas cake, a white whipped cream cake with strawberries.

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Answer 4

It certainly is commercial in many ways, but it's honestly up to each of us whether we make our Christmas celebration a commercial one or whether we celebrate it for the right reason.

Answer 5

sad to say commercial. gosh by the end of the season i'm so ticked off with rude people in stores,unending repeat x-mas commercials on tv, and many times get laughed at if you bring up the name jesus. and how about not even being able to put up a manger scene in the public square. then why on are money do we have in god we trust. what a downright lie.

Answer 6

X-Mas....most certainly commercialized....but society has been busy systematically taking Christ out of Christmas. Put it another way. If the people who really celebrated Christ's birthday were the only ones who were allowed to have the holiday off....There's be a small fraction!!!

Answer 7

Christmas has definitely become commercial. It's a shame.

Answer 8

I keep the Christ in Christmas. The world aims to make it commercial.

Answer 9

Greatly comercial...lets look at the 12 days of Christmas many people think it is the 12 days before but they would be wrong it is December 25th- janurary 6th the days before Christmas are still in advent and in Eastrn Chrisitnaity is a fast...

Answer 10

It is a marriage of the two worst abominations of each groups. Spirituality once was private now it it sold by the billions by televangelist and thier christian net works. I am just surprised that they just have not got into the retail sale of their deity. Sure they have sold him as a marketable cost margin item but they have very little outright stores that compete Walmart on the low end or Macy's on the high end. But that will soon happen. There are Christian stores but they have yet to use the Chinese to produce their goods.