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Bah Humbug!
chadoweasel:
When they decided to celebrate Christ's birthday on the same day as one of the most important pagan holiday's and the birthday of several "gods" throughout the Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Roman Empire, this time of year was bound for disaster. Over time nearly all of the traditions that were performed during this time of year to celebrate these Pagan holidays became the traditions of Christmas. Its no wonder that nobody knows how to behave during Christmas, or knows what it REALLY means.
I honestly dont care what people say to me, or hang on walls, or sing, or whatever. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, Felice Navidad, Mry Xmas, Happy Saturnalia, or even Happy Birthday Osiris, Dionysus, Attis, Mithra....and/or Jesus.
None of that would sway why 'I' celebrate Christmas. I cant speak for, pass judgement on, or argue with anyone else on WHY they are celebrating this time of year or WHAT they want to call it.
Just my 5.8 cents ;D
chadoweasel:
Oh...and just to clarify, I LOVE Christmas, call it Christmas and celebrate it for being Christmas. I just have a pretty open mind to those that dont. But then....they should be calling it the name of whatever the hell it is that they ARE celebrating.
wpruitt:
Bald dudes .... take heed with this bit of Christmas Trivia. The "X" in Christmas goes back to the ancient Greek. The letter "X" was not a way to remove the "Christ" from "Christmas", but rather their way of writing the name Christ.
Robmeister:
--- Quote from: chadoweasel on December 22, 2006, 06:05:37 PM ---Oh...and just to clarify, I LOVE Christmas, call it Christmas and celebrate it for being Christmas. I just have a pretty open mind to those that dont. But then....they should be calling it the name of whatever the hell it is that they ARE celebrating.
--- End quote ---
Right!....me too. That's diversity. I'm just urked when certain groups start trying to strip away heritage. Yeah, the celebration of Christmas has roots in lots of "stuff." Heck, the Puritans tried to abolish Christmas because of "pagan" roots. And Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate birthday's or Christmas for the same reason.
But Christmas has nonetheless come down in American tradition as the Nativity, the birth of Christ. If someone doesn't think Christ is a significant figure, that's fine...no one's twisting anyone's arm.....but the majority of Americans do take our heritage VERY seriously....and we would like the courtesy of not having OUR arms twisted.
Can you imagine leading a crusade....oops, bad choice of words....leading a movement to try to begin erasing the Islamic roots of a middle-east country? 'nuff said there.
I think I'm in line with Pburke and the rest of you....just expounding the sentiment a little more. Have I crossed the line?
And Mr. Pruitt you are right....I've used Xmas as a way to shorten it....just like "Christian" can be shortened by "Xtian." It all depends on why you're using the "X." Some folks/groups purposely want to have "Christ" taken out of Christmas....that's who I think Paul was referring to.
David:
As an AWANA leader/sunday school leader, I completely understand. The presents are nice and all, but it's my favorite holiday because it is the birth of our lord/savior, Jesus Christ.
The greatest gift of all is accepting Christ into your heart as your lord/savior, after recognizing the sacrifice he made to give us all a second chance. Presents come and go, and you get tired of them after awhile. This gift stays strong and loved forever.
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