In order not to muck up that other thread I guess this as good a thread to continue the debate over this Christmas issue.
Hmmm, and how does one quantify this celebration as being celebrated "properly" since it was a celebration already in existence a few thousand years before "Jesus was born". In order to entice the pagans to Christianity, they blended their celebration with the pagan one. Thereby, there was no need for a pagan to adopt different celebratory dates and their conversion was easy and mess free. Christmas celebration has changed through the years even since then. To me in those respects if you want to celebrate "Christmas" the proper way is to celebrate it the way the pagans meant it to be celebrated.
It has changed through the years and will do so into the future. I really see no reason to get the knickers up in a bunch over it. Just go forth and be happy.
Originally posted by ForGreatJustin
Hmmm, and how does one quantify this celebration as being celebrated "properly" since it was a celebration already in existence a few thousand years before "Jesus was born". In order to entice the pagans to Christianity, they blended their celebration with the pagan one. Thereby, there was no need for a pagan to adopt different celebratory dates and their conversion was easy and mess free. Christmas celebration has changed through the years even since then. To me in those respects if you want to celebrate "Christmas" the proper way is to celebrate it the way the pagans meant it to be celebrated.
It has changed through the years and will do so into the future. I really see no reason to get the knickers up in a bunch over it. Just go forth and be happy.
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