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Christmas is the most celebrated holiday in Christianity. Some consider it the most "Day of the Saints Of The Year.
The increase of Christmas itself is a farce. Most historians and Christian scholars know that Jesus is not on 25 December was born. They recognize that his birth date was probably in the autumn. This is confirmed by the circumstances of the birth of Jesus.
People knowingly follow a wrong date – areas increased to Jesus. Not only the dateFraud, but so are the practices. Many man-made traditions were blended into the service. This is like mixing "dung with balsam.
The majority of the associated activities associated with Christmas have no relationship to Jesus. Certainly there is a religious adopted (pagan) Nativity of Christ. But there is still much more has pagan customs that are completely independent.
Christmas in Rome in the 4th Century. The tradition came to theCouncil of Nicaea in 325, met for the unification, the Council adopted the idea that Jesus was God. Christmas was a Christian substitute for pagan celebration of winter solstice.
The winter solstice usually occurred around 25 December on the old Julian calendar. This feast was called a part of another Roman Saturnalia celebration. Saturnalia began each year on 17 December. In this time of the Romans honored Saturn, the ancient god of agriculture. Alsowas celebrated the extension of daylight after the winter solstice. Romans did it through the glorification of Mithra, the ancient Persian god of light. These and other winter festivities continued until 1 January.
The Roman Catholic Church chose 25th December as a day for the Feast of the Nativity. In this case it was to give Christian meaning to existing pagan rituals. The church festivities in honor of the birth of Mithra, replaced by memories of the birth of Jesus. They called Jesus the Lightthe world. The Church hoped to draw pagans into its religion by overlapping their festivities.
Traditionally, the sacred Christmas season starts with Advent. Advent continues to Christmas. In Advent, Christians make preparations for the commemoration of Jesus' birth on the 25th December. In addition, looking forward to the coming of Christ.
About 600A.D. Pope Gregory I decreed that begin the Advent season on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. He decreed that the seasonends on Epiphany, 6 January.
Over the next 1200 years, followed by Christmas to celebrate the spread of Christianity. It expanded throughout Europe, Egypt, and finally in America. Along the way, Christian faith with other pagan feasts and winter rituals combined. This led to many distorted long Christian tradition of Christmas celebrations.
Some examples are:
1) The ancient Europeans believed that the mistletoe plant held magic powersgive life and fertility, to bring peace and protect against disease. They associated the plant with the Norse goddess of love, Freya, and developed the custom of kissing under mistletoe branches.
2) The Roman Catholic Church led the first midnight mass in the 5th Century. The staging of the biblical story of the birth of Jesus was a practice that St. Francis of Assisi in the 13th Century began.
3) In many cultures continue to be the pre-Christian custom of burningYule logs during the season in midwinter, the Yule log symbolizes the victory of light over darkness of winter. According to ancient tradition, offering protection from the ashes of misfortune during the year.
4) The German custom of decorating an evergreen tree at Christmas time has become one of the most famous images of Christmas around the world. At a time when Germany provided the world with almost all of the decorative glass ornaments for Christmas trees. In the eveningof 5 December, children wait for the visit of St. Nicholas, who brings them gifts. Most children also receive gifts on Christmas Eve. Distributed in some parts of Germany, Father Christmas gifts, but dressed in other regions of the Bogeyman, a mythical figure in animal skins, providing treats children. On Christmas Eve, families gather traditionally decorated Christmas trees with lights, and gingerbread, which spiced cookies are cut into decorativeForms. The faithful light candles on Christmas Eve church services. The Advent wreath has four candles anchored in a circle of evergreen branches, originated with German Lutherans there, many churches and families have adopted the tradition. At the beginning of each of the four weeks before Christmas, Advent Christians light candles, as they say a prayer.
5) In Italian folklore of Santa Claus is not a prominent figure. Instead, Italian children waitLa Befana, a good witch rides her broom, their homes on Epiphany to distribute gifts. According to popular belief, La Befana, whose name refers to the word Epiphany () Epiphany, was too busy to accompany the Magi on their journey to visit the infant Jesus in Bethlehem. Well, to atone for them otherwise, they visited all the good children, so that treatment. They also visited bad children and leaves lumps of coal or pockets, the ashes.
6) In England, religious customs of ChristmasCelebrations at the center tells the story of Christ's birth. Most people who celebrate Christmas in this secular customs such as Christmas plays just attend to help celebrate, singing and the poor. Before Christmas, children write wish lists to Santa Claus, who is the British version of Santa Claus. Then check out these letters into the fire. Children believe that if a draft letter prepared by the chimney, their wishesmet. Children open their presents on Christmas Eve. Many people in England to churches and charitable donations to the needy on the day after Christmas, also known as Boxing Day. They also give small gifts at Christmas mouse to those who have performed personal services during the year are known.
7) America has become a melting pot for many of the world Christmas traditions, with many new customs, many of which started in the 19th Century. BeforeChristmas had it been an ordinary working day in many communities, especially in New England, where early Puritan objections to Christmas celebrations remained highly influential. Families almost never exchanged Christmas gifts among themselves.
These early Christian traditions of Christmas in America changed quickly. For some groups, Christmas was an especially boisterous event, characterized by large loud parties, public drunkenness and revelry. In aEnglish tradition that would survive in some parts of North America, Christmas revelers in costume and progress from door to door clothing, receive gifts of food and drinks. Most Christmas gifts were small amounts of cash and modest presents passed from the rich to the poor and limited by masters to their staff. The rapidly expanding industrial economy of the 19 Century flooded the market with new products to sell, and helped in the creation of a new middle class. Christmasgaining increased importance especially because many people thought they could bring together families and honor children. Giving gifts to children and families after some time, replacing the harsh public celebrations of the past, and Christmas was primarily a domestic holiday.
With the new custom of giving Christmas gift, the market exerted an unprecedented influence on holiday celebrations. Commercial innovations such as department stores and mass advertising furtherextends the custom of exchanging Christmas presents. Seasonal Retail helped the economy, has become so that merchants and advertisers to some of the committed supporter of the season. There are many holiday celebrants regretted these changes, and began voicing the common sad that Christmas has become too commercial. With the influx of immigrants, which was introduced a variety of religious and cultural practices to the North American life, celebrating Christmas aWay for people from different parts of the world to create a sense of community in the cities. The House forged a sense of sectarian Christian spirit in the community, as it promoted a sense of collective goodwill.
Christmas, the "Holy Day of Christianity, has many built-in errors and influences. Although it has become a day to reflect on the good will for humanity, the core of the foundation of Christianity (Jesus' birth) pagan roots. Imagine how manymore pagan traditions are embedded in other Christian holidays and beliefs. All Christian traditions have to be thoroughly investigated, if we take it literally.
With Christmas and other holidays, such as to give Christians worship of images and symbols. With Christmas is the symbol for the Christ Child. In Rome, the image is called "Santo Bambino of Jesus."
There are also other pagan images that are accepted for various reasons. Some of these images are:Mistletoe, prayer shawls and pearls, people, spirits, crucifixes, etc. To the worship of any image or object containing an abomination. God requires our complete devotion to Him alone, only in spirit.
Biblical scriptures to read:
"Thou shalt not unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is down to earth, or that is in the waters under the earth" – Deut. 5:8.
"And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all your heart, andwith all your soul and with all your strength. "- Deut. 6:5.
Jesus said:
"Have you ever seen dung mixed with balsam?"
"Now I will tell you that there be greater in the world crazy, because with the service of God they mingle in the service in the world. So much so that many of blameless life have been deceived by Satan, and while praying have with their Prayer worldly affairs are mixed, whereupon she at that time abominable in the eyes of God to be. Tell me, if you washyourselves to prayer, you take her to respect that touch not the unclean thing? Yes, certainly. But what do you do when you make prayers? Ye wash your soul from sins through the grace of God. Will you then be willing to make her prayer to speak of worldly things? Be careful not to do so, for every worldly word befitting the devil droppings on the soul of him who speaks. "- GB: 84
More on this topic have been found: False holidays and customs, as well as on the subject:God's Knowledge and Worship, and the judgments of God, in the Guide Book: A God in a word: the truth about the knowledge and worship of God.
