So, after getting, You shouldnt celebrate Christmas, You dont deserve this holiday, You dont know what its really about, God! Christians! Religion! I decided to post some facts. Facts you can find predating your ignorance. 💋✌💥💢😝🔫⛔🚫 Much of what people associate with Christmas, a holiday that is supposed to be about the birth of Jesus, actually pre-dates Christianity. Traditional Christianity celebrates the death of holy people, not their birth. In 274 CE, though, pagan emperor Aurelian proclaimed December 25th Natalis Solis Invicti, the festival of the birth of the invincible sun. Saturnalia already occurred around this time along with many other celebrations. Christians took over this and other Roman festivals. The most important Christian aspect of modern Christmas is Santa Claus. This character is traced to Saint Nicholas, a patron saint of children who have gifts to kids. Santa Claus may have Christian origins, but modern notions of Santa Claus can be traced to the writings of Washington Irving — writings often meant as satire, yet which also often ended up being read as factual. Illustrator Thomas Nast is the one who gave America the physical pictures of Santa Claus, thus providing a common, shared vision of the primary symbol of an increasingly secular holiday. Nast also added numerous key details about his life which hadn’t been used by others before: Nast’s pictures showed Santa reading children’s letters, watching their behavior, writing the naughty and nice lists, living at the North Pole, and hanging stockings by the fireplace. Queen Victoria came from a German family and unlike English families, she celebrated Christmas with a small decorated indoor tree. Then, as today, people obsessed over royalty and they were particularly infatuated when their teenaged Queen ascended the throne. People wanted to be fashionable and adopt what their role models did — in this case, the tree tradition. It was just after World War II that people complained about over-commercialization of Christmas and started to try to “put Christ back into Christmas.” But why at this point in history? Blame it on the war: during the conflict, people had to shop early in order to get Christmas gifts to the troops overseas in time. Merchants, of course, benefited from the early shopping and made a point of reminding people to shop early — even after the war ended. Thus the lengthy holiday shopping season was born and it’s been getting longer ever since. Over time people have learned to try to shop even earlier in order to beat the maddening holiday rush — and retailers, being the good public servants that they are, have sought to accommodate them with earlier and earlier holiday sales. By and large, the spirit of giving has become predicated upon a spirit of buying. Such is our modern Christmas: a large number of ancient pagan practices, a few pieces of Christian traditions, and a large number of modern creations which are almost entirely secular in nature, no matter where they got their inspiration from. ⛄❄🌲🎅🎄🎁📬🔖🎸🎺🎷🎻🎶 This is why I still celebrate the holiday. Regardless of what your church or school teaches, do actual research for yourself and youll realize a lot of what you believe to be fact is actually false. Stop claiming holidays for yourself based on your poor information and refusal to learn the truth. I really dont understand how people are actually OKAY with being stupid. Dont you want the true facts of the traditions you celebrate? Sad, really. This holiday can be celebrated however you see fit, with your family and friends, in love and togetherness. Dont try to ruin other peoples way of life, because of your choices on which traditions you choose to follow, period. Everyones entitled to be happy.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:23:49 +0000
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