November 28, 200421 yr Speaking as a Jew, so pardon me for any mis-information: Isn't Christmas time a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ? How does commercialism and faith get reconciled with one another? On a funny note- while singing the 12 days of Christmas, I asked my middle school students if they knew what the 12 days were and no one, not anyone in any of my classes had a clue. I know the answer- do any of you?
November 28, 200421 yr Speaking as a Jew, so pardon me for any mis-information: Isn't Christmas time a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ? How does commercialism and faith get reconciled with one another? On a funny note- while singing the 12 days of Christmas, I asked my middle school students if they knew what the 12 days were and no one, not anyone in any of my classes had a clue. I know the answer- do any of you? 622569[/snapback] Christmas is not the birth of Christ. What happened was that mid December was also the time various Pagan Holidays. The (Catholic?) church knew that they would not be able to get rid of them, so in an effort to take the focus off the Pagan Holidays, they created Christmas as a celebration of Christ. As for Christ being born on Christmas, I've heard various reports of him actually being born in September. Considering our Calender is based off of his birth, should all logic dictate that his Birthday was January 1st? Bah, it's all messed up anyways.
November 29, 200421 yr Speaking as a Jew, so pardon me for any mis-information: Isn't Christmas time a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ? How does commercialism and faith get reconciled with one another? On a funny note- while singing the 12 days of Christmas, I asked my middle school students if they knew what the 12 days were and no one, not anyone in any of my classes had a clue. I know the answer- do any of you? 622569[/snapback] I don't think Christians are to blame. I think those who celebrate Christmas as a gift-giving holiday but have no faith in Jesus Christ are the epitome of hypocrites... and these people are usually the ones pointing fingers at the faithful. :o
November 29, 200421 yr Speaking as a Jew, so pardon me for any mis-information: Isn't Christmas time a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ? How does commercialism and faith get reconciled with one another? On a funny note- while singing the 12 days of Christmas, I asked my middle school students if they knew what the 12 days were and no one, not anyone in any of my classes had a clue. I know the answer- do any of you? 622569[/snapback] Christmas is not the birth of Christ. What happened was that mid December was also the time various Pagan Holidays. The (Catholic?) church knew that they would not be able to get rid of them, so in an effort to take the focus off the Pagan Holidays, they created Christmas as a celebration of Christ. As for Christ being born on Christmas, I've heard various reports of him actually being born in September. Considering our Calender is based off of his birth, should all logic dictate that his Birthday was January 1st? Bah, it's all messed up anyways. 622688[/snapback] I read the same thing and agree with Bradcore
December 1, 200421 yr I know the answer- do any of you? 622569[/snapback] I may be confusing this with something else but I believe it is the time it took the 3 Wise Men to arrive. This thanks to the fact that as a Cuban I celebrate both Christmas and Los Reyes Magos.
December 4, 200421 yr Author I know the answer- do any of you? 622569[/snapback] I may be confusing this with something else but I believe it is the time it took the 3 Wise Men to arrive. This thanks to the fact that as a Cuban I celebrate both Christmas and Los Reyes Magos. 624190[/snapback] Very good! You get an A+! The Twelve Days of Christmas is between December 25 and January 6th- the Epiphany.
December 8, 200421 yr Christmas is not entirely a pagan holiday. Christians of the early church believed whether trueor not that Jesus was born in the winter. That was combined with pagan celebrations of light and such, which is where the gift giving and christmas trees come from. Eventually the christians assimilated those traditions into their own, so now it is a christian holiday. Many people now celebrate christmas as a secular holiday, which causes us to reflect on giving and loving your fellow man. So chrsitmas is a good thing, but it is christian tradition which many years ago borrowed from pagan ritual
December 14, 200421 yr Regarding the date of Christmas, the Church made an effort to replace many pagan "holidays" by placing its Christian holidays at the same time. Christmas was intended originally to replace the Pagan celebration of Saturnalia.
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