“Christian holidays and celebrations are abolished or ‘neutrally’ renamed, as if one were ashamed of those Christian holidays. With this method one hides away the deeper moral values of these celebrations."
What about Saint Nicholas who helped the poor to marry by hiding money in their shoes, hence where we adopted the gift giving tradition and Christmas "Stockings".
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TheGodHead ago
“Christian holidays and celebrations are abolished or ‘neutrally’ renamed, as if one were ashamed of those Christian holidays. With this method one hides away the deeper moral values of these celebrations."
"Merry Christmas" Trump
UglyTruth ago
Christmas originated as a mixture of Saturnalia and Christian religious belief. There's nothing there that connects with Christian ethics.
TheGodHead ago
What about Saint Nicholas who helped the poor to marry by hiding money in their shoes, hence where we adopted the gift giving tradition and Christmas "Stockings".
Rolls around floor pew pew pew pew
Stands up
Walks away
UglyTruth ago
Exchanging presents was a feature of Saturnalia.
TheGodHead ago
I know about Saturnalia, Chronos (see vampire film, see GOYA Saturn Eating His Son), the peasants and the rulers switched places.
Saint Nicholas, Jolly Ole' Saint Nick, Christmas. Originally in green, a mescalito, until Coca Cola of Cocaine turned him fat n red.