Take Christ out of Christmas.....what a joke....?

Question

Take Christ out of Christmas.....what a joke....


I heard that their are people trying to get Christ taken out of Christmas now I am not a really a Church going person but this to me is a Joke... come on people get real..... And they want to call it Xmas... pretty much what some people call it but wtf.. really hmmm have fun with this one.... O btw Merry Christmas to all you morons that want to take Christ out :)


Question:

What would this accopmlish...
and what are your thoughs on this issue..

Answer 1

I am not religious in any way, shape or form, but taking the Christ out of Christmas, to me, is an abomination. I am, however, a traditionalist, and I grew up in a religious household, where the birth of Christ was a very important event. I grew up with the nativity scenes, the manger, the three wise men, the star of Bethlehem and so on, and I still love those images and sentiments and still feel a certain spirituality on Christmas morning. I still send Christmas (NOT holiday) cards with nativity scenes. With the disgusting, crass commercialism of this event, taking the Christ out of Christmas is just giving the nod to the greedy, money grabbing, corporate giants.
Happy Christmas everyone.

Answer 2

Wow...a lot of feeling brought up with this question. I'm going to try to compose a logical and factual answer to this question then give you my personal opinion.

As stated in other answers the X in Xmas actually stands for the letter C as in Christ. Therefore the shortened version of Xmas is not taking the Christ out of Christmas.

Also as stated rather rudely and hatefully before, the December holiday we now celebrate was actually a pagan holiday. However the Christians did not "steal it". The Christian Roman Emperors were trying to bring their largely pagan people over to Christianity. To make this transition as smooth as possible they merely inserted a Christian meaning into a celebration that was already taking place. Unlike some leaders who just slaughter or exile those who don't follow their religion, they tried to incorporate the religion into the existing world. What a kind and loving and dare I say Christian thing to do.

My Opinion:

No one can take Christ out of Christmas if Christ is in your heart. As for me and mine...we shall continue to read the nativity out of the bible on Christmas Eve and place our little baby Jesus in the manger and keep him in our hearts. No one...not a single atheist or a million pagans can take that away from me. May God's blessings and peace be with you.

Answer 3

It would make sense to take the Christ out of Christmas as there is no proof in the bible that Jesus was born on Christmas day. The holiday has nothing to do with Christ really, in fact many people don't know that Christmas was being celebrated years before Christ was even born.

Answer 4

It's funny, because at the same time people think Christmas is too commercial, and "taking Christ out" would make it even more so. Maybe because I have been brought up in a religious family though I'm not fanatical, I don't think it should be done. Everyone has the right to celebrate their own holidays, like Hannaka (wow really butchered that spelling, sorry), etc. as well as just saying "Happy Holidays" and giving without implicating religion.

Answer 5

I really don't care whether christ, Santa, or flying elephants are part of YOUR Christmas..........as family is the only thing mine is about. It wouldn't accomplish anything, people will still celebrate Christmas however they see fit, as they should. Christmas is no longer just a christian holiday (was it ever really?) and means many different things to many different people. As for changing the name to Winterval, or something else, that's just lame. The only things I would like to see christ kicked out of......is public schooling, law, and the workplace. Is that too much to ask???? It needs to be an all or none attitude in these places, and as they will never be able to accommodate everyone without someone, somewhere being offended.......it's got to be none.

Answer 6

Since the celebration of "Christmas" is not mentioned in the Bible, who put Christ in Christmas to begin with?

If men put Christ in Christmas, then men should be able to seperate Christ from Christmas if they wish.

In Matthew 21:25, Jesus asked, "The baptism of John—where was it from? From heaven or from men?”

Similar to this, I would like to ask, "The celebration of Christmas as a RELIGIOUS holiday - where is it from? From heaven (God) or from men?"

If it is from God, then we should be able to find it taught in God's word, the Bible. The things we do in religion should be by that authority (Colossians 3:17, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Timothy 4:1-4).

We should follow God's word in religious matters! If the Bible says it, that settles it. We have no right to tamper with it.

If however, the celebration of Christmas as Christ's birth is simply a tradition of men, then we can change it however we wish (as long as it does not contradict a Biblical teaching), or disregard it completely.

If Christmas is from men, however, and we teach its observance as part of our church doctrine, then we are "teaching as doctrine the commandments of men". Doing that makes our worship "vain", or useless in God's eyes! (Matthew 15:9)

So, the celebration of Christmas, where is it from? From heaven or men?

Answer 7

First of all, this holiday was a pagan holiday, and the catholic church adopted it, claiming it commemorated the birth of Christ.

So should Jesus be in this pagan holiday? No.

This is a pagan holiday filled with pagan practices such as the christmas tree, mistletoe, and santa claus. They teach child at a very young age that it is okay to lie by lying to them about a make believe character named St. Nick or santa.

And then when the child reaches a certain age, they reveal that they have been lied to.

So Christ was never in this pagan holiday in the beginning and all those who believe in Christ should refrain from practicing this pagan festival.

Answer 8

Sigh.

1) "Xmas" was a Christian invention, the "X" standing for the Greek "Chi" in "Christos."

2) "Christmas" is only a Christianized pagan holiday. It's no coincidence that the birth of the "Son" replaced the birth of the Sun.

3) "Happy Holidays" is just a more inclusive way of celebrating the season, and the reason stores use it is because they want to appeal to the maximum number of customers. So don't blame atheism - blame consumerism. Or don't blame anybody, but just live and let live - how about that?

The fact is that some "Christians" aren't happy unless everybody is catering exclusively to them.

Answer 9

Eh, it's more about the cultural phenomenon of Christmas whereby non-Christians find themselves celebrating.

I'm not Christian, but my family is, so I celebrate Christmas with them. To me, it's about being with my family, giving to others, and bolstering up a lagging economy.

Merry Giftmas!

Although Fred makes a helluva a good point: it all started with Christians telling their own to keep the Christ in Chriatmas, meaning not to focus solely on the shopping they usually focus on. They did it to their own holiday, really.

And to those say how disrespectful "Xmas" is, read what jonjon said. He's right.

Answer 10

You say you "heard that their (sp) are people", but you offer no specifics. Then you call these people you made up - morons. Hmmm... There are some people pushing back on Christmas only in that it is being applied to the entire holiday season. Since Jesus' birthday was likely in fall, and the church selected December 25th to entice Roman pagans to switch to Christianity... maybe there is room for other traditions during the season?