Where did this holiday originally come from? Some people say this holiday actually celebrates the Antichrist's who was Nimrods son? Is that true??
2007-11-24 01:21:34 · 14 answers · asked by Oracle 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
A way for retailers to make up for poor sales the rest of the year. Stan Freberg and "Green Christmas."
2007-11-24 01:32:02 · answer #1 · answered by oklatom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Where it came from and what its meaning are, are two different questions. Every part of the world that has seasonal differences in the length of the days has some celebration around the Winter Solstice, when nights start getting shorter, and days, longer. The Romans called it the Saturnalia, and it was pretty wild.
Christians took that day, and used it to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ -- so it's the feast of the Incarnation (God becoming human -- same root as "carnivore"-- God made into meat.) Celebrating it then had a couple of advantages:
1. It meant new converts didn't have to give up having a winter holiday, which would have been kind of sad, if you've been used to it all your life.
2. It gave Christians a chance to celebrate, with their celebration lost in the general mayhem, so it wasn't conspicuous, since it wasn't always safe to be Christian.
3. It gave the converts something else to do besides drunken debauchery on the Saturnalia -- kept them off the streets, so to speak.
("Christmas" comes from "Christ's Mass," of course, the Mass being the celebration of Holy Communion.)
2007-11-24 01:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by bonitakale 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of this Nimrod's son story. Not true. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of the most influential man ever, Jesus. His life, His torturous death and His resurrection from the dead offered the sacrifice for sin that every human needs. That death was the penalty that every person should have paid, because of our sinfulness. A just God could have it no other way. A loving God offered His only Son to take our place.
It does not matter that historians estimate His actual birth not to have been in December. It does matter that we celebrate and honor Him.
2007-11-24 01:27:47 · answer #3 · answered by Bob T 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
As Christians we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, he came, born of a virgin, was born in a manger, to save the whole world, all who will believe,. He is our Light and our Salvation, the Bible says there is no other name under Heaven whereby men must by saved. Praise the Lord, for now and for ever more. Amen
2007-11-24 04:32:36 · answer #4 · answered by victor 7707 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it came from an ancient roman holiday where the men would get drunk, beat their wives, and have sex with other men. gross eh? im not to sure what its original purpose was except to maybe celebrate or worship a god and get s**t faced. try looking it up on wikipedia.
thnx for the info bonitaka :)
2007-11-24 01:28:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Birth of Jesus Christ.
The tradition of giving gifts started back then too when 3 wise men came to celebrate his birth. For more information just read here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
2007-11-24 01:28:53 · answer #6 · answered by ☮ & ♥ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nimrods!? They are pulling your leg. No such thing as Antichrist.
Nimrod is the patron saint of poor SAT scores.
2007-11-24 01:31:03 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The true meaning of Christmas is Simpsons knickknacks in stores
2007-11-24 04:22:11 · answer #8 · answered by yahoofan28537 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
haven't you ever sen Charlie Bronw's Christmas?? Linus tells you.....Its about the birth of our savior Jesus Chist.
2007-11-24 02:40:34 · answer #9 · answered by james s 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no that is not true..
its jesus christ's birthday
so christians celebrate because he died for us and that was the day he was born
2007-11-24 01:29:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋