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What irks me about the holidays
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on December 17, 2010, 09:19:30 am ---Exactly. Many people have a blind spot where this kind of thing is concerned.
You spread doubt and appear to the be skeptic of something they hold very dear and associate themselves with and base their entire lives on, betting that their form of religion is 'true' and that all the positive things about it are true...likely they're not going to thank you for it.
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At best that might roll their eyes and consider you some sort of killjoy or party pooper. :-\
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: crayonlicious on December 17, 2010, 09:53:44 am ---I may have too much faith in the cultural literacy of my fellow citizens, but I would guess that at this point most of them probably realize that the tree custom was originally borrowed from pagans rather than anything directly to do with Jesus. They might, however, argue that it has become embedded in the Christian holiday tradition.
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Much might depend on the leducation level and sophistication of the people you're associating with. Considering the course of American politics over the past decades, I'm afraid you do have too much faith in the cultural literacy of your fellow citizens.
Oops, my elitism is showing. ...
milomorris:
What irks me about the Holidays?? Not much about Thanksgiving or New Years, but I am quite annoyed with the secularization of Christmas. I'm a Christian. Christmas is the day that we have selected to celebrate the birth of Christ. If you're not a Christian, or don't care about Jesus, you don't have celebrate Christmas...fine. If you want to celebrate the "season" go right ahead. But I wish people would stop attaching non-religious cultural elements to Christmas.
- Christmas trees have nothing to do with the birth of Jesus, and are a symbol of paganism and commercialism.
- Christmas is NOT about about giving. It is about humanity receiving Christ...a/k/a Emmanuel = "God with us."
- I take mild offense to the use of "Xmas." Why replace Christ with an "X"?
- Many of the standard holiday decorations like stockings, popcorn strings, evergreen garlands, etc. have nothing to do with Christ. I prefer angels, stars, wise-men, mangers, etc. I particularly like lights because Jesus is the light of the world.
- Songs like "Let it Snow," "Frosty the Snowman," and "Jingle Bells" are really celebrating winter rather than Christmas. There are thousands of songs that have been written over the centuries that concern Christ, so I don't see the need to stick seasonal music into Christmas.
- The Grinch didn't steal Christmas, he stole a bunch of objects that were purchased as part of the commercialization of a religious holiday.
- Santa Claus needs to go...and his little elves too.
People always talk about "the meaning of Christmas." Its pretty clear to me: humanity was in such a sorry state that God had to send His son down here to save us. During Christmas we celebrate that act of grace.
louisev:
you can blame Queen Victoria for the popularization of the Christmas tree in the United States. It was an image of the Royal Family in the 1860's that was republished in the United States that caused Christmas trees to proliferate here. Prior to that it was more or less limited to Germans and German immigrants. (Of course, that's where the royal family started it, because of the House of Hannover taking the English crown.
Monika:
People celebrate Christmas for different reasons. There is no right or wrong way to celebrate Christmas. I celebrate because it´s fun. I like to receive and give presents, I love the food and I enjoy my Christmas tree. Leave us sinners alone to have some fun before we marsch off to hell.
Why people write Xmas? Because it´s shorter
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