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I have been asked so many times about why I don't celebrate Christmas that I find myself coming up with new and unique responses. A Muslim woman asked me the other day how I planned on celebrating Christmas, to which I replied 'I don't actually celebrate Christmas'. As normal she seemed surprised and asked me if I was a Christian and I answered with, 'of course'. She smiled confusedly and I explained, that 'the reason I don't celebrate Christmas is because I AM a Christian'.
Obviously she was stumped, as I'm sure my readers are now. Well, stay with me to hear some reasoning.
A few minutes ago I googled 'the history of Christmas' and recieved over 130,000,000 results. Many saying something similar to what I found at The Holiday Spot .
"Christmas is for joy, for giving and sharing, for laughter, for coming together with family and friends, for tinsel and brightly decorated packages... But mostly, Christmas is for love. It was this love for which Jesus came to this world and sacrificed his life.
Thus Christmas is a celebration of love and mirth symbolized by the Nativity, the Santa, the caribou, the poinsettia and the evergreens. All that bring home the spirit of love and life. And this is the spirit that makes Christmas so popular throughout the world.
While interesting, that in no way tells a person how Christmas started. So, I changed my search to the 'origins of Christmas'.
Bingo.
The very first site that popped up was Simple To Remember . Under 'The Real story of Christmas', you find extremely interesting information in the very first paragraph:
When was Jesus born?
A. Popular myth puts his birth on December 25th in the year 1 C.E.
B. The New Testament gives no date or year for Jesus’ birth.
The precise origin of assigning December 25 as the birth date of Jesus is unclear. The New Testament provides no clues in this regard. . . One widespread explanation of the origin of this date is that December 25 was the Christianizing of the dies solis invicti nati (“day of the birth of the unconquered sun”), a popular holiday in the Roman Empire that celebrated the winter solstice as a symbol of the resurgence of the sun, the casting away of winter and the heralding of the rebirth of spring and summer. Indeed, after December 25 had become widely accepted as the date of Jesus’ birth, Christian writers frequently made the connection between the rebirth of the sun and the birth of the Son. One of the difficulties with this view is that it suggests a nonchalant willingness on the part of the Christian church to appropriate a pagan festival when the early church was so intent on distinguishing itself categorically from pagan beliefs and practices. birth by a priori reasoning that identified the spring equinox as the date of the creation of the world and the fourth day of creation, when the light was created, as the day of Jesus’ conception (i.e., March 25). December 25, nine months later, then became the date of Jesus’ birth. For a long time the celebration of Jesus’ birth was observed in conjunction with his baptism, celebrated January 6.
So, all we know is that Christ wasn't born in Deecember, and that very same day people choose to celebrate it was originally a celebration of pagan gods.#9370D8 |
Your dominant hues are blue and magenta. You're the one who goes to all the parties but doesn't quite fit in at every one... you know what you want, but are afraid of what the world might think of it. You're a little different and that's okay with them, and if you're smart it's okay with you too. Your saturation level is lower than average - You don't stress out over things and don't understand people who do. Finishing projects may sometimes be a challenge, but you schedule time as you see fit and the important things all happen in the end, even if not everyone sees your grand master plan. Your outlook on life is bright. You see good things in situations where others may not be able to, and it frustrates you to see them get down on everything. |
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chipperboredcandycentricmrsevilpigeon's prompts for the jam_pony_fic Summer Mini-Ficathon. This is my first attempt at M/L. The prompt I choose was: Max and Logan find a cure for the virus. Fluff is great; smut is okay. (M/L) This is pure fluff.Please pick five (5) prompts that you would most like to see a fic written for:
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| blonde |
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candycentric - AKA Cccandycentric - AKA Cc
candycentric - AKA Cccandycentric - AKA CcDo me a favor? *bats eyes* Please pick five (5) prompts that you would most like to see a fic written for:
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Got any ideas for prompts beginning with the letter 'B' you would like to see fics for?
yoyo365kabbiebar is a billionaire, I plan on sitting at his computer all day and completely blowing his money on Ebay. Oh wait, people are already doing that...eowyn_315. She picked 18 of her fics... I don't have quite that many, so I just did 15. :)merykey