Tuesday, November 28, 2006

It's a religious celebration so deal with it

So I was listening to the radio this morning on my way to school and the topic was Christmas; which I would like to point out from the start is a religious holiday. If you’re offended I’m sorry but stop taking advantage of Christian holidays, for lack of better world, so you can celebrate another day of money spending. Back to the radio; someone had read something somewhere about a person complaining about how a nativity scene shouldn’t be a Christmas decoration or that it was infringing other non Christian people’s rights to celebrate Christmas. Whatever they were talking about on the radio was ridiculous. I would like to point out that without the birth of Jesus Christ there would be no Christmas. Christmas is a celebration of the Church that other non religious and disrespectful people want to make money off of. Instead of me taking Christ out of Christmas why don’t you rake you disrespect and material things out of my celebration of the birth of my savior. Or is that too hard to do? So by taking the Christ out of Christmas you get –mas, which ironically is a Catholic celebration. So without Christ in Christmas you end up with something only Catholics can celebrate I would also like to point out that there would be no Santa Claus or commercial Christmas without St Nicholas. If you are not familiar with the story of St Nicholas he is known as an older version of what people now call Santa Claus. St Nicholas was born in 280 AD, in Patara, a city of Lycia, in Asia Minor. He became the gift giver of Myra. His gifts were given late at night, so that the gift giver's identity would remain a secret. St Nicholas was eventually named the patron saint of children, sailors, Russia and Greece. St Nicholas was a Christian priest, who later became a bishop. He was a rich person, and traveled the country helping people, giving gifts of money and other presents. St Nicholas did not like to be seen when he gave away presents, so the children of the day were told to go to sleep quickly or he would not come! Nothing has changed and Santa Claus will not arrive this Christmas unless the children go to sleep early. Christmas is a religious holiday that has been adapted by our materialistic society and converted into a time of money spending and stress. I refuse to take Christ out of Christmas because Christ is the reason for Christmas and you can’t possibly celebrate Christmas without sharing a religious aspect. I’m not a hundred percent sure but I’m pretty sure that it is very difficult to celebrate Christmas without Santa and Christ. Overall it is a religious celebration of the birthday of our Lord Jesus and if you don’t like it sucks to be you. I do not want to hear anymore take Christ out of Christmas or no nativity scenes or anything like that. People weren’t smart enough to come up with their own holiday so they took one of the most important days in the Church and materialized it. Way to be original. To conclude it was a religious holiday first so don’t be saying it offends your rights to celebrate Christmas because you are the one choosing to celebrate a religious holiday and there is no way around it. I hope I made my point!

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

You are soooo right. I went Christmas shopping today. I could not find any wrapping paper that had Christian symbols on it; I actually did not even see Christmas cards, only incredibly annoying "seasonal" cards--and some of them were obscene. I found a total of two decorative items (at three different stores) that had anything to do with the real Christmas meaning. I did find, weirdly, a Noah's ark figurine setting next to a sad little creche for sale at the one place that actually had the single manger set for sale. Apparently, anything Christian must be lumped together, no matter how inane.

I think we should start a new trend. Buy nothing for Christmas, unless it is specifically pertinent to the holiday. None of that insipid Santa Claus/happy holidays paper, nor any of the gimmicky seasonal stuff they sell. Better yet, stop the "holiday" madness and get your friends and family to stop also. Stopping all commercialism of Christmas would be a radical message. Make presents, do things for your family and friends, gather to sing CHRISTMAS carols, enjoy simple pleasures together. See how much you can NOT buy. Recycle last years Christmas cards by gluing them on plain paper as Christmas paper. Make your own Christmas cards. Keep Advent holy as a preparation time for Christmas, not as some crazy "gimme it all!" buying frenzy.

As you can see, you have struck a nerve here! So if we start a movement do you think it will catch on?

Monday, December 04, 2006 10:26:00 PM  

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