The arrival of Christmas is the season most expected and happiest year. Many festivities and traditions surrounding that date, certainly, all contribute to giving so much beauty to Christmas. But are we really making a spiritual celebration of Christmas, or is simple paganism?.
Like many other English words, we have Christmas traces its etymology to the Latin expression: "Nativitas" meaning "birth." And, without wanting to delve much into details (unrelated to the interests of this post), is taken to December 25 as the date to commemorate that fact.
The importance of the remark above, is to start thinking I want to make, ensuring that they are not overreaching, but strictly tailored to what the concept really is Christmas.
happens that what we think is the celebration of Christmas is nothing but a summation of traditional practices, which in no way represent Christmas.
Christmas should be, on the date the universally accepted December 25, a day to commemorate the birth of Jesus, remembering what happened that day, and reflecting on the immense importance of the same for our lives to humanity. And you really do that?.
The importance of the remark above, is to start thinking I want to make, ensuring that they are not overreaching, but strictly tailored to what the concept really is Christmas.
happens that what we think is the celebration of Christmas is nothing but a summation of traditional practices, which in no way represent Christmas.
Christmas should be, on the date the universally accepted December 25, a day to commemorate the birth of Jesus, remembering what happened that day, and reflecting on the immense importance of the same for our lives to humanity. And you really do that?.
On the one hand, we replace the character of Christmas, known in the person of St. Nicholas. Sad but true, I do not see any child thinking about Christmas in terms of the person of Jesus, but in terms of the fictitious figure of St. Nicholas. That is, it also makes Christmas a fictional fact, because his character is fictional surrogate, and now there going astray, because Christmas is disfigured in a pagan festival. The Jesus of the manger, is replaced by the St. Nicholas comes down the chimney to bring a gift. It is important the gift of salvation in Jesus, but the gift planned in San Nicolas laptop for the child. Diosssssssss!, Holy heresy. Pagan
Why?. I see many colleagues buying beer and rum to drink them "Christmas Day" in the family. Does the use of alcoholic beverages have a biblical reference, however minimal, in the celebration of Christmas?. I want to do visualization exercise on this question, the paragraph continues.
Indeed, neither character has any connection with alcohol. The angels of the Annunciation or were drunk, and suggested that behavior as the best to go to receive the child in the manger. The pastors, none appeared drunk. Joseph Will got drunk with emotion?, Then neither, because Joseph was a devout man and proceed right. So what paganism is not a Christmas celebration with the alcohol?.
Why?. I see many colleagues buying beer and rum to drink them "Christmas Day" in the family. Does the use of alcoholic beverages have a biblical reference, however minimal, in the celebration of Christmas?. I want to do visualization exercise on this question, the paragraph continues.
Indeed, neither character has any connection with alcohol. The angels of the Annunciation or were drunk, and suggested that behavior as the best to go to receive the child in the manger. The pastors, none appeared drunk. Joseph Will got drunk with emotion?, Then neither, because Joseph was a devout man and proceed right. So what paganism is not a Christmas celebration with the alcohol?.
Christmas tree. Beautiful expression of the Christmas season, but that is not Christmas. Many images of Christmas trees decorated cards and blogs, to signify that date. "It is significant birth Jesus on the incorporation of the Christmas tree?. The child does not think Jesus, think of the famously traditional Christmas tree, primarily for their beauty, and then by the fact that around it will be his inevitable gift. I see how each family and each company has become the decoration of your tree in a social competition. And that reason has raised prices for tree ornaments, which may represent some zeros to the right of digit paycheck. That's very nice, but not truly reflect the original message Nativitas. Concept is the incorporation of capitalist consumerism 
so stressful at the time. A phenomenon accompanied by the inevitable consumer advertising saleswoman always supported the female image, distorting the image Nativitas female breast.
Then comes the anxiety of parents, a product of capitalist ideological phenomenon, which introduces as "social value of Christmas" Christmas gift. Using the powerful advertising machine, supported on the image of San Nicolas, the capitalist entrepreneur creates the need for the gift of 25. Debt distress and parents to please the tastes of their children, some of which even relate to this parental generosity, with a reprehensible ingratitude, not appreciating the sacrifices the father to buy the gift. Clarified, as is traditional gift-giving 25, but what has to do with the original celebration of Nativitas?. Does the parent who commits sin unemployment or illness can not please his son with a gift?, As I have heard, so the documentation of paganism of Christmas. Is not it more important that day thinking that mankind received the precious gift of the Savior of the world?.
I've never seen in my 50 Christmases lived, a billboard with Jesus as the theme of Christmas. Do you know why?. Is that the Jesus billboard does not sell. So the capitalist replaced by the character of St. Nicholas. And the saddest thing, the saving goodness of the Lord Jesus is replaced by the generous kindness of the fictional character of St. Nicholas, scorch seen worse disfigurement of the Person of Jesus.
so stressful at the time. A phenomenon accompanied by the inevitable consumer advertising saleswoman always supported the female image, distorting the image Nativitas female breast. Then comes the anxiety of parents, a product of capitalist ideological phenomenon, which introduces as "social value of Christmas" Christmas gift. Using the powerful advertising machine, supported on the image of San Nicolas, the capitalist entrepreneur creates the need for the gift of 25. Debt distress and parents to please the tastes of their children, some of which even relate to this parental generosity, with a reprehensible ingratitude, not appreciating the sacrifices the father to buy the gift. Clarified, as is traditional gift-giving 25, but what has to do with the original celebration of Nativitas?. Does the parent who commits sin unemployment or illness can not please his son with a gift?, As I have heard, so the documentation of paganism of Christmas. Is not it more important that day thinking that mankind received the precious gift of the Savior of the world?.
I've never seen in my 50 Christmases lived, a billboard with Jesus as the theme of Christmas. Do you know why?. Is that the Jesus billboard does not sell. So the capitalist replaced by the character of St. Nicholas. And the saddest thing, the saving goodness of the Lord Jesus is replaced by the generous kindness of the fictional character of St. Nicholas, scorch seen worse disfigurement of the Person of Jesus.
From the above mentioned, there are still other leads to reflection. Children do not believe in Jesus the Saviour who was born on that date, but that your gift is uglier or more beautiful than your neighbor or your brother. It's as if San Nicolas had not met their duties. Such is the transfiguration history of Christmas, that even in Protestant churches has included the image and message capitalist St. Nicholas, dramas and poetry filled events organized that day, even with the consent of the Pastor and other church leaders are not harmful as paganism.
In fairness, no historical character had been so disfigured as Jesus. Because the ceremony is seen in the birth of Simón Bolívar and George Washington, or any other. Even, is injurious to the good feeling patriotic, consuming liquor these days so solemn. Is it less formal the birth of Jesus?. Do you have less merit than Bolivar or Washington?.
other hand, I have a section to reflect on the message of Christmas. It's very flattering text messages I receive on my phone, or e-mail, but I see the same problem: total absence of Nativitas. There are any number of messages, some very nice, but none speaks of Jesus' birth. That reminds me of the decrees that take some rulers, which prevent the use of images or thoughts of politicians who are afraid for their popularity. Wow, it's as if it had issued a decree banning the use of the name of Jesus at Christmas, and I say, Satan, nothing amazes me, and his "hairy hand" is tucked behind this paganism. Christmas is a time of "holiday culture", ie a prevalence of essential values \u200b\u200bof Christmas, such as: joy, peace, reconciliation, enthusiasm, optimism. This culture has ignored the most important: the Nativitas, and all churches, Catholic and Protestant, have their share of responsibility, by his silence, apathy, for its own sake, for their "holy heresy." Seeing all the trappings of culture called Christmas, I wonder: what about the Nativitas?.
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