Is Christmas a Christian (or Catholic) Holiday?

[surada]

like it, but not exactly the same

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[Carl in Michigan]

Christianity isn't mine

The christianity you follow is

 

[noonereal]

Is Christmas a Christian (or Catholic) Holiday?​

Funny you should ask.
Just last week my Jewish doctor told me her first recollections of Jewish persecution was when she was a kid at the mall and everyone was celebrating Christmas.
She asked her dad why everyone did not celebrate Hanukkah.
Yep, Jewish discrimination.
So this made clear to me Christmas was Christian and nothing more.

Funny thing is, I have both Jewish and Muslim friends who celebrate Christmas.
Maybe it's just one of those things. Those inclined to feel persecuted will feel discrimination and those inclined to just enjoy a fun holiday will do just that, enjoy a fun holiday.

 

[ding]

Funny you should ask.
Just last week my Jewish doctor told me her first recollections of Jewish persecution was when she was a kid at the mall and everyone was celebrating Christmas.
She asked her dad why everyone did not celebrate Hanukkah.
Yep, Jewish discrimination.
So this made clear to me Christmas was Christian and nothing more.

Funny thing is, I have both Jewish and Muslim friends who celebrate Christmas.
Maybe it's just one of those things. Those inclined to feel persecuted will feel discrimination and those inclined to just enjoy a fun holiday will do just that, enjoy a fun holiday.

I think it has more to do with the country you are in and the dominant religion of that land. I wouldn't expect Christmas to be celebrated in Israel of Saudi Arabia and I wouldn't read anything more into it than that.

 

[noonereal]

I think it has more to do with the country you are in and the dominant religion of that land. I wouldn't expect Christmas to be celebrated in Israel of Saudi Arabia and I wouldn't read anything more into it than that.

But would you feel discriminated against if it were not celebrated in Isreal or Saudi Arabia?

 

[ding]

But would you feel discriminated against if it were not celebrated in Isreal or Saudi Arabia?

No, why would I? I wouldn't expect it to be. Inherent in that statement is that logically it wouldn't make sense for them to celebrate a Christian holiday in a Jewish or Islamic nation. It's nothing personal.

 

[noonereal]

No, why would I? I wouldn't expect it to be. Inherent in that statement is that logically it wouldn't make sense for them to celebrate a Christian holiday in a Jewish or Islamic nation. It's nothing personal.

But my doctor felt deep discrimination as a little child.
Now everything she sees is anti Jewish.

 

[ding]

But my doctor felt deep discrimination as a little child.
Now everything she sees is anti Jewish.

That's her mistake to make. But that seems as illogical as saying nothing she sees is anti Jewish. Reality is a little more complicated than that. The real answer lies between these two extremes and should be examined objectively on a case by case basis.

 

[Zebra]

Have you ever seen it?

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Carnival is the time of year when ordinary citizens step out of line. Here's all you need to know about Switzerland carnival traditions...

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Have you ever seen it?

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Carnival is the time of year when ordinary citizens step out of line. Here's all you need to know about Switzerland carnival traditions...

www.newlyswissed.com

i havve been to the Morgestraich in Basel.

 

[Zebra]

Funny how it ended up around the northern hemisphere winter solstice, the pagan festival celebrating the rebirth of the sun. Must be a coincidence.

it is because of the winter solstice

and Sol invictus!

 

[Zebra]

As I have posted in this space before, "we"celebrate two separate holidays on December 25th, and unfortunately they both go by the same name: "Christmas."

One holiday is a secular one, dating back to Roman times, where we have decorated trees, gift-giving, a "jolly old elf" bringing gifts for the children, seasonal music, and so on. EVERYONE can celebrate that secular holiday, and the proof that it IS a secular holiday that government employees get paid not to work on that day.

The other holiday ("holy day") is a religious feast where Christians celebrate the Nativity - the supernatural virgin-birth of the God-man whom we refer to as "Jesus Christ." We symbolize this celebration with depictions of a baby laid in a manger in a stable or cave of some sort, and we say prayers and sing hymns celebrating this wondrous event and phenomenon. Only Christians celebrate this holiday/holy day. Christians who want to celebrate with gift-giving (should) do so on January 6th, the date when we celebrate the visitation of the three Magi (or "wise men") to the Christ child; they brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

But there is no good reason why everyone in the country should not celebrate a holiday on December 25th, and only a certified wanker would be offended by being wished a "Merry/Happy Christmas."

in Germany the presents are given on Dec 24 .....

on Christmas Eve

 

[Stann]

it is because of the winter solstice

and Sol invictus!

It was a political move , politics has played a part of things for a very long time ! Christ replaced the god Saturn.( Sol Invictus ).

 

[Zebra]

In Sweden Christmas is Jul or Yul

 

[Leviticus]

In Sweden Christmas is Jul or Yul

That's actually because Jul was originally a pagan festival that was adopted as part of Christmas in order to appease pagan Norse when they were converted to Christianity.


The vast majority of Christmas traditions are actually pagan in origin. Everything from the Christmas tree to the Yule log.

 

[Zebra]

That's actually because Jul was originally a pagan festival that was adopted as part of Christmas in order to appease pagan Norse when they were converted to Christianity.


The vast majority of Christmas traditions are actually pagan in origin. Everything from the Christmas tree to the Yule log.

Germans also had the same Gods as the Norse.