Do you think that most people in the US celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday or a national one? (Not specifically for YOU, but the country as a whole.)
I know many nonreligious people here that celebrate it, and they don't see it as strictly Christian. So what's your view?
2007-12-15 13:47:14 · 10 answers · asked by sublime 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
The answer is yes and no.
It really depends on where you live and the community of people you hang out with.
Where I live today, the vast majority of the people take Christmas as a religious celebration very seriously.
I happen to be in the minority and thankfully have found a small community of friends who feel the same way as I do. We enjoy celebrating Christmas, because it's fun to be with family and to give each other gifts. It's a time of year when you can let those whom you love or care about know that you're thinking of them. Especially if you live far away from each other.
2007-12-15 13:59:00 · answer #1 · answered by annieo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a whole country, initially, yes it was a Christian Holiday. The birth of Christ affects Christmas in a huge way. Although, the majority of the nation has taken these facts and issues and subsided them into a time of giving, or to a lot of people... Getting! It's like Halloween. Initially it was about a holiday for the dead. Now it is a time to dress up, have fun, and get candy. As a whole country, whether you do or do not believe in any Christian beliefs, you still participate in the holiday atmosphere, practices and other enjoyments of the holiday! I do not believe that you could define the celebration of Christmas today as a religious event. I do but a lot of people don't. In my opinion this is a birthday of my Lord and Savior. But at the same time there are still 364 days that I have to try and be like Christ. I believe Christianity has become too judgemental as a whole. I believe that only God has the power to judge someone and everyone else should focus on their own personal standing, wrong or right, it's not anyone elses place to judge. I think this very thing is 80% of the reason Jesus is not part of Christmas today, because so many "Christians" don't act Christlike the other 364 days of the year, they just become a great big gossiping, judgemental SOCIAL group. If you do consider yourself a "Christian", please be a reflection of God all the time, so other people don't get the wrong idea about how loving and wonderful my God really is! Merry Christmas!
2007-12-16 09:18:39 · answer #2 · answered by ImAdOcToRuRaNeRd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is both a secular and a religious holiday. It's most direct origins are Christian: it celebrates the birth of Christ. But a lot of non-Christians also celebrate it as a time to give gifts, be thankful, and get together with family. Christmas shares a date with a pagan holiday. It really bugs me when people insist that makes the two holidays the same thing. There's only 365 days in the year. Of COURSE there will be overlap. If I was born on Dec 25, does that mean Christmas is really the celebration of MY birth? Of course not. It's just two celebrations on the same day.
2016-05-24 03:35:44 · answer #3 · answered by janell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think many people do celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday. I'm religious, but my church doesn't celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday--the reason is because we can celebrate Christ every day of the year. We don't need a special day for it.
I think many non-religious people do celebrate the holiday, and I know of Muslims who also celebrate it as a religious holiday.
Christmas has become a very commercial holiday, and Jesus is not a commercial concept--at least that was not his origin.
I do think most of the people I know see it as a religious holiday.
2007-12-16 15:25:29 · answer #4 · answered by Warren D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from there and everyone i know looks at it as a religious holiday! But i guess some may not think of it that way. Merry Christmas!
2007-12-15 13:55:24 · answer #5 · answered by air 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is supposed to be a religious holiday (Holy-Day), but due to an ever increasing godless and faithless and loveless population, it's apparent that it is headed for the type of Christmas that they have in Japan; all the presents and pomp, but Yeshua (Jesus' real hebrew name) is missing, just as He is from the hearts of the majority of American citizens. God help us.
2007-12-15 14:01:38 · answer #6 · answered by Eatmie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To some of us it is and to some of us it isn't. A lot of us use it as a reason to do nice things for friends, family, and people who are in need.
I do see the holiday as not only religious but also as a chance to do things to make the people around me smile.
2007-12-15 13:55:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, the majority of the population in the United States treats Christmas as a Santa Claus...Ho..Ho..Ho..holiday!
They have taken religion out of just about everything else in today's society. So, the majority of the nation does not know what religion is anymore.
2007-12-15 13:50:43 · answer #8 · answered by the real deal 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd say it's more of a Winter Holiday
2007-12-15 13:54:41 · answer #9 · answered by Tissue (Damn you I'm a girl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think most of them think it is religious.
2007-12-15 13:55:05 · answer #10 · answered by deirdrezz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋