represent Chirst? I have a coworker who is freaking out over the fact that everything in stores say "holiday" instead of Christmas (decorations). I'm just curious if it bothers anyone else and why? What do plastic trees and colored lights have to do with anything holy?
2007-12-19 01:14:45 · 14 answers · asked by ○•○•Cassie•○•○ 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Decorating a tree and putting lights on it is a pagan tradition, so if your co-worker was really truly celebrated "Christmas", the name of decorations shouldn't really matter to her.
The lights (candles) are used to symbolize the birth of the Sun and the lengthening of days. Evergreen type trees were used because early pagans noticed that in the winter when everything else died, these trees were still alive and green so they thought that the trees had some kind of special power against death. They acted as a symbol of life in the winter when everything else is bleak and lifeless.
2007-12-19 01:24:52 · answer #1 · answered by ultraviolet1127 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ask your coworker what Christ has to do with Christmas. Only thing that really makes any connection is the name. Other than that, Jesus was born late August / early September... every thing else was ripped off and stolen from Pagan traditions.
If anything, it's the Pagans who should be freaking out over the continuing use of the word Christmas.
2007-12-19 01:19:01 · answer #2 · answered by Pitchy 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hi....
I can answer the Christmas tree part!
Coming from an earlier pagan tradition, then being adopted by Christians in Germany....
Prince Albert, who was married to Queen Victoria, brought the tradition of decorating a tree for Christmas to Britain!
Britain being the superpower of the day and being somewhat influential Worldwide....
Took the tradition of the Christmas tree to many parts of the World, including the United States!
So, you have Prince Albert to thank (or curse!) for that!!! .... lol.
Originally a pagan tradition, it certainly has 'nothing' to do with Christianity or anything 'holy' to that religion!!
2007-12-19 01:32:32 · answer #3 · answered by Paul222@England 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure she'd be really upset if they called it a solstice tree or a Mythras tree. You see, Christians have coopted many pagan traditions and made them their own, and the tree and decorating with lights is one of them. As everyone has pointed out, Jesus was NOT born in December. There are varying dates listed even here, but suffice to say it wasn't all that cold when he was born.
So Happy Solstice to you and yours.
2007-12-19 01:37:43 · answer #4 · answered by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just think the entire holiday of Christmas has been oversaturated with commercialism. A "holiday tree" is the least of our problems.
Tell me what you think.
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-vmUrdOw6frCXovya0jwvjMUnimea990-?cq=1&p=6
2007-12-19 01:37:32 · answer #5 · answered by Free Thinker A.R.T. ††† 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trees have nothing to do with Christ and people like your coworker would be complaining about something else if it wasn't this topic.
2007-12-19 01:18:02 · answer #6 · answered by clint 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They don't it's just the misguided people who are stuck on the propaganda spread through the centuries that get upset...it's just a decoration and it's just another day off from work...
2007-12-19 01:24:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may wish to point out to your retarded coworker that the word 'holiday' comes from two other words, 'holy' and 'day'.
2007-12-19 01:29:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We (at least I don't) don't Really Know when Jesus was Born.
But, that was the Sad Part
(Jesus's Mission was to come to the Earth and Die on the Cross---as a Human Being)
Proverbs says to cry when a child is born and Rejoice when the Kid goes Home to Heaven.
Jesus's Death on the Cross was the HIGH LIGHT of HIS Mission.
Victory---for all ManKind.
(you have to Accept HIM as your Saviour though!) FreeWill.
Yes, Peace on Earth GOODWILL to Mankind---Cause Jesus Came to Die for US.
2007-12-19 02:35:27 · answer #9 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Actually it is real evergreen trees that they represent that are used to represent Christ and His eternal Nature.Lights represent that He is the Light of the World.
Merry Christmas.
2007-12-19 01:24:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋