2007-12-16 21:35:57 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
I think its important to remember the real meaning of christmas and what better way then to go and watch a school xmas nativity or to a xmas carol service , with modern society seeming to move faster and faster xmas comes quicker and quicker with retailers advertsing earlier and earlier with products as soon as the summer holidays are over the warehouses , I can gurantee are already recieving advent calenders and tinsel etc , MADNESS
2007-12-16 21:51:03 · answer #1 · answered by travelchick21 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No! The real meaning of Christmas is remembering the spirit of loving and giving. Of honouring those we love and care about and sharing with some we will never meet or know.
That shines through all the hype, the ads and the must have toys.
That we also celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ if we are Christians is a separate issue. It is central to the religious services held on or around Christmas Day and the core of our religion but the message it reminds us to heed is the first one I mentioned and is I suspect the main reason why Christmas gets celebrated around the world to varying degrees by people of all or no religious faiths.
2007-12-17 05:49:44 · answer #2 · answered by Christine H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Religious adherents haven't forgotten, I admire them for their continued beliefs.
We Pagans celebrate Yule and impatiently wait for the coming of the new light, those precious minutes everyday after the Solstice.
Gift giving has certainly become more of a national sport. Suggest: Put some bird seed out, feed a hungry stray dog, treat the family to a great meal... Celebrate the coming of the light. Sol invicta.
2007-12-17 14:17:08 · answer #3 · answered by lpaganus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, at least many families appear to have. Television is dominated by toy and gift ideas - often extremely expensive ones -and little time is given to think of those less fortunate. Many children - though thankfully, not all - only consider Christmas in terms of what they will receive on the day and if it weren't for Nativity Plays at school, many would not be aware of the real meaning of Christmas at all.
2007-12-17 10:08:55 · answer #4 · answered by book worm 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not forgotten - they don't KNOW the real meaning of Xmas.
2007-12-17 05:44:31 · answer #5 · answered by Say It Like You Mean It 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe your question is a joke.
It doesnt help people remember the real meaning when it is referred to as Xmas rather than Christmas.
2007-12-17 10:27:32 · answer #6 · answered by Catwhiskers 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "REAL" meaning of CHRISTMAS isn't just about jesus being born, thats only for religious people. And I, along with many others, are not religious in any way. The "REAL" meaning for non-religious people would be to spend time with loved ones, and to give, not recieve. And that meaning has not been forgotten.
I think the jesus meaning has been forgotten because not many people aren't really religious any more, they might say they are, just to look good, but a lot of them don't believe in it.
2007-12-17 05:59:58 · answer #7 · answered by Jas0n 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ummm...... I think many people don't know the real meaning of Xmas!
2007-12-17 06:23:33 · answer #8 · answered by Jocelyn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes especially children, they think it just time for expensive presents. now the schools are doing away with the nativity plays. How many on here will be going to church or mass on Christmas day?
2007-12-17 05:45:54 · answer #9 · answered by Jackie M 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes.Even to the degree of calling it Xmas!!!
2007-12-17 10:04:49 · answer #10 · answered by HELEN LOOKING4 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋