Satan loves to take the attention away from Jesus. Christmas has turned in to a merchant's holiday and made children talk about what they are going to get rather than what can they give and how can they bless others. They get their stuff, play with it a couple of times and there it sits. Even the memory will disappear but the interaction with people is what the children will remember. Mmm
2007-11-19 02:57:24 · 34 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I did not read any other answers before answering this question, because I want to give you as honest an answer as I can without any outside influences tainting me......
God and dog also are the same letters rearranged. I do not worship a canine, but I do worship God.
The commercialism of Christmas bothers me. I make a choice not to take my children into stores during the holiday season. Only 2 times are they allowed and that is to go shopping with me and once to go shopping with Daddy. The reason is that my husband and I feel it is not the message we want our children to receive. The story of St. Nicholas aka Santa is a beautiful story of selfless giving in the name of Christian love. Commercialism has perverted it. This is were people need to make a stand and defend their moral beliefs. At our house Santa only brings the boys 3 presents for Christmas....Who else received 3 gifts? Jesus...and if 3 presents were enough for baby Jesus then they are enough for us.....We also leave Santa a big piece of "birthday cake" which my sons and I make lovingly for Jesus' birthday.
It is up to us as Christians to keep the purity of the season. If we forget to teach our children our beliefs that is when commercialism can come in a make it a bad thing. My children are also being taught that even though Santa Clause lived a very long time ago he gave in the spirit of Christian love and it is an example for us to follow.
If I do my job correctly I will raise 2 sons who not only love God, but can see and be example of his love through other human beings.
Was that wordy enough for you? ;-)
Peace be with you my dear friend.
2007-11-19 03:19:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you study the history and mythology of Christmas and Santa Claus, you'll find that there really is something too this. It's not a coincidence that Santa Claus is called St. Nick and the Devil is called Old Nick.
It goes back to the division between Catholics and Lutherans. Luther invented "Kris Kringle" or "Christ Child" (in German) as an alternative focus for Christmas. The Catholic St. Nicholas then became associated with Satan as he took focus away from Jesus (a belief still carried on today by Fundamentalists who oppose Santa Claus and the commercialization of Christmas).
2007-11-19 03:06:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
the origins started with the now St. Nicolas... which could be seen as 'Old Nick' another name for Satan... In time this, with the help of our modern society, became Farther Christmas or Santa = Satan
Claus = is old English for "Hoof-Claws."
Now IF Satan existed, then what a great gig, to create a character bigger than Jesus!
Everywhere you look nowadays you see Santa, not Jesus, with regards to Christmas. Santa has made materialism the main motivation behind this celebration.
So could Santa be Satan... just look how this celebration is portrayed... I would say it is the perfect crime..
2013-12-11 09:05:46 · answer #3 · answered by pst007x 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You sound like the type of guy who runs around complaining that things on sale for $ 6.66 are a satanic device to ensnare unsuspecting shoppers.
Let children be children. Let Santa be Santa. And, if we may, let Satan be Satan. Satan comes from the Hebrew Samech-tess-nun meaning adversary while Santa comes from the Latin.
2007-11-19 03:09:56 · answer #4 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes...in fact Christmas itself is something that isn't what it is supposed to be. Christ was born in the late Spring/early Summer, not December 25, a pagan holiday before the era of Christianity.
For me, Christmas time is all about family, sharing, and helping other people. So is every Sabbath...and Thanksgiving!!!
2007-11-19 15:09:10 · answer #5 · answered by anxirihui 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here you have Christianity at its finest.
Santa is now a creation of the devil, never mind that it is actually a Christian creation to begin with and Santa is actually a derivation of Saint Nick. A Christian.
Christians are responsible for taking the Christ out of Christmas, not the world.
You adopted Christmas trees and mistletoe into your tradition, you adopted the yule log and incorporated countless pagan rituals into your tradition.
We don't believe in any of it, and use Christmas as a time to get together as a family and show love to one another.
For some reason Christians believe that showing love to one another isn't good enough, and that everyone should also practice paganism and remember their flavor of God was born even though it is seasonally abnormal for Shepard's to be out in the fields in December.
2007-11-19 03:04:30 · answer #6 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Jesus Is The Reason For The Season
Saint Nicholas is what Santa is pattern after.
2007-11-19 03:28:31 · answer #7 · answered by David 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
History proves that Christmas is not even closely related to the historical Jesus.
I'm not intending to be rude or to offend, but if you go back & study ancient church history, as well as the Nicean Council & Constantine, you'll find that this pagan holiday stems back to Mithras.
If you study Jewish History, you'll find that Jewish Scripture generally does not record a person's birthday. Also, if you take the Christian Scriptures & apply them, you'll find that Jesus' birthday actually happened in the Fall.
So, Christmas is really not about Jesus. It never was...& never will be. It is a pagan holiday that Christians have adopted & have tried to wrap history & tradition around, but very poorly.
If you study the people who attended the Nicean Council, you'll find one of them was known as Saint Nicholas; AKA St. Nick; AKA Santa Claus. Very interesting!
If you study Scripture, you'll find what are known as The Feasts of the L-RD. That means that G-d Himself celebrates these. They are listed in what you probably know as The Old Testament. If you want to be on G-d's timetable; practice the Scriptural calendar, feasts & sabbaths...as outlines in Scripture.
2007-11-19 03:09:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This comparison has been going around for years and years. I would not be surprised if it was nearly as old as "Xmas" which started as a Christian term in the middle ages. The "X" represented the Greek letter "chi" or the first letter in the Greek "Christ".
My take is that the Santa/Satan comparison comes from Christians being disappointed in not seeing "real evil" to combat so they make it up and blame otherwise innocent things as foul deceptions.
2007-11-19 03:06:48 · answer #9 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Santa come from Santa Claus or St Nicholas a saint who lived in the 3d century he gave money to a man so the mans daughters wouldn't be sold into prostitution. he feast day is on the 6th of December.
Protestants moved this traditional celebration to Christmas, but the thing is totally Christian.
There's no need for paranoia.
2007-11-19 03:03:31 · answer #10 · answered by carl 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋