http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_ham
2007-11-26 08:34:50 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Xians are not Jews.
2007-11-26 09:21:12 · answer #1 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This wins a prize for the dumbest question ever.
Right up there with "I am 14, and had sex, am I pregnant?
Jews don't eat pigs, Jews don't celebrate Christmas, so one has nothing at all to do with the other.
Christmas foods generally are foods that are expensive or rarely eaten, and a celebration is the time to indulge. Ham is fairly expensive and not a food to eat too often because of its high fat content., therefore makes a good holiday food.
2007-11-26 08:50:09 · answer #2 · answered by Lottie W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well first of all, not all Christmas traditions come to us from Jewish ones. The first line of your referenced article states the answer to your question: "Before the arrival of Christianity to Scandinavia, a boar, the wild ancestor of the pig, was sacrificed to the god Freyr at the Yule celebrations and eaten " Hence it came from a Pagan holiday -Yule, and the tradition was carried over into a Christian one. Like most of today's Christmas traditions, it has little to do with the Christian faith.
2007-11-26 08:49:53 · answer #3 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peter was praying when he had a vision of all kinds of foods, both clean and unclean. (Pork or ham was considered unclean) He was told to eat and thought he was being tested. God then told Peter that what God has made is not unclean. Peter took this vision to help him understand that God accepted all people, even the Gentiles or non-Jews. As more and more Gentiles joined the Church, many of the old Jewish laws and customs faded away. Eating pork or ham was one of them.
2007-11-26 08:51:24 · answer #4 · answered by Mary W 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
From my knowledge of religion the Jewish Faith does not celebrate Christmas as in some circles it is believed that the Jews crucified Christ so of course they are not going to celebrate his birth or his Resurrection ( as in Easter Celebrations) Any of the Jewish faith out there can correct me if I am wrong and I apologise in advance if I have offended anyone of the Jewish faith.
2007-11-26 08:42:13 · answer #5 · answered by compass5351 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your link says it is from "Finnish and Swedish" traditions. The celebration with hams came way after Jesus' time. And gentiles are not prohibited to eat pork products.
2007-11-26 08:51:47 · answer #6 · answered by Darth Eugene Vader 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mom cooked ham once for Christmas. It just wasn't the same as turkey.
2007-11-26 08:43:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
what do Jews have to do with Christmas traditions?
besides, the "where did it come from" is answered in the article you linked. it's northern European
2007-11-26 08:38:45 · answer #8 · answered by grandfather raven 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
jews celebrate hanukkah not christmas. so why do they need a christmas ham?
2007-11-26 08:40:08 · answer #9 · answered by savethecows52 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pigs are the 4th smartest animals on the planet.
2007-11-26 08:38:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋