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> Christmas's roots are from pagan traditions So? Most religious traditions were stolen, whoop de do. What matters is how they're practiced in 2019, in which c
by tomnipotent 7y ago
> Christmas's roots are from pagan traditions
So? Most religious traditions were stolen, whoop de do. What matters is how they're practiced in 2019, in which case Christmas is almost synonymous with Christianity.
> I'll just say that it's well known
There is no actual confidence in how all of this stuff came to be, just a lot of conjecture - and so no, it's not well known at all.
- gwbas1c 7y agoTake a look at the comments in this thread about how non-christians observe Christmas. Christianity has no monopoly on Christmas.
- tomnipotent 7y agoExcept they practice gift-giving without any of the rest that comes along with - that's not Christmas, that's commercial exploitation. Big difference.
- hoopleheaded 7y agoThey call it Christmas though. So it is not your version of Christmas but theirs. Also you can't be certain it is commercial exploitation. What if some you are referring to give mostly homemade and charitable gifts. Certainly would be the minority but you are lumping a lot of people together.
- Lammy 7y agoIt seems contradictory for you to say in your previous comment that Christmas as practiced in 2019 by Americans doesn't matter when discussing Santa because of the religious roots, and then follow that up by saying the history of the religious roots don't matter because they're practiced differently in 2019.