2007-12-23 02:48:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
the true meaning of christmas for me is of course family and friends. its about spending the day with the ones you love. having good times and making memories.
its also about celebrating the birth of jesus christ. :)
2007-12-23 03:05:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my eyes the true meaning of Christmas has long gone.... what would the children of today say if they got up to a stocking with nuts orange etc in and one present under the tree......
today's meaning of Christmas is giving the retailers lots of money...
2007-12-23 10:54:48 · answer #2 · answered by lornasgraham@btopenworld.com 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
"VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
"115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
2007-12-23 11:23:27 · answer #3 · answered by Stormy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus, and the peace he can bring.
Look at WW1 where they played football in No Mans Land.
Christmas is a beautiful time, and can bring beautiful things, like peace and friendship into our lives.
2007-12-23 10:56:30 · answer #4 · answered by Micky_Mad 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Getting all of that Christmas junk out , setting it all up , gaping at it for a couple of weeks , then taking it all down , and packing it away for another year .
2007-12-23 11:10:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joy and peace to the world! No more fighting, no more hate, just peace and good understanding between the nations.
2007-12-23 10:53:48 · answer #6 · answered by Hanya 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Celebrating Jesus b-day, being with family, eating good food, and having fun.
2007-12-23 10:56:22 · answer #7 · answered by Because*you*were*home 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOVE. Plain & simple. Love & good feeling toward your neighbor, family, spouse, boyfriend/girlfriend, etc.
2007-12-23 10:59:20 · answer #8 · answered by Paul L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Birth of Christ.
2007-12-23 11:37:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For god so loved the world he gave his only begotten son.
The good will towards men is the way I express it.
2007-12-23 10:56:34 · answer #10 · answered by Wine and Window Guy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋