Should Christmas be a National Holiday ?

Holidays Forum

Opine. This is a huge debate in the media right now.

I agree. I can't believe that there are people out there who want to take Christmas away. Shame on them.

Hang on a second are you saying that in the US Christmas is not a ntional holiday or that they are trying to remove Christmas as a national holiday?

No.

Jesus\Yahshua's birthday needs to be celebrated on Sukkot--the Feast of Tabernacles when he was actually born.

I am not interested in a paganized unholiday celebrating materialism, revelry, and drunkeness.

If the atheists and others don't want to celebrate it as Messiah's birth...then they shouldn't have the day off anyway.

I just like the fact that we have paid days off! To me, because I'm not religious, celebrating xmas is about getting together with loved ones, and exchanging gifts. Don't get me wrong.. I think that it's become a very hard holiday... because people get TOOOOO caught up in the gift giving thing, and go BROKE. But, it's a time that I do enjoy... and month of decorations around the house, special music, and good deals in the stores.

But, I'm going off of track. Should it be a National Holiday? Yes... though not for religious reasons, because not everyone believes in Jesus. There are other religions out there that dont, or people who don't follow religion at all.

I am a very generous person and don't need a special "holiday" to shower my friends, loved ones and associates with gifts, love and hugs. I do it all throughout the year...please don't PM me with requests folks...

Remember, a gift isn't a gift if you have to ask for it.

So, just know I love you all no matter what day it is...even the folks that piss me off on a constant basis (few these days), I love you t00 and send a

I don't keep it, but 90 percent of the population does keep it.


I'm for making things easy on the majority. It should be a national holiday, just for the simple fact that almost everyone wants to keep it, and needs to keep it on that day.


As a child, I had to leave the room, when it came time to do Halloween and Christmas decorations, the teacher came over and I went to another class and sat in,

it made me feel like a dork, it's true, the kids were cruel, but that's how it should be.


Why should 99% of those kids miss out on doing Christmas decorations, because I was in the class? Now that would have been being a dork for real.


They really would have hated me then.


It's way better, them thinking you strange, that a pure out jerk.


The majority should get their way, and their holidays.

Those of us in the minority should let the majority have their way.

This P.C. political correctness stuff is WAY outta control. Just crazy.


If you want my opinion on Christmas, I would join in with nikiTa that's it's wrong and stuff, but once you say your opinion, the majority should be able to do what it wants.


I was taught as a youth, if someone says Merry Christmas, you tell them it's pagan, and it's wrong, and you hate Christmas.



That just wasn't me. I always just said "Thanks".

Whidden,

I forgot we live in a democracy... what the majority wants the majority gets...screw the minority, but I don't care, the government is not my Master.

And actually, the minority is getting what they want over the majority these days, but again, I don't care....far from the madding crowd.

You have to admit, it is kind of hilarious...

They are trying to abolish something that is theirs anyway...

Truth is even if you are not religious it is a good time to let your hair down. At this time of year it's cold, it's dark just generally miserable and people have been working hard since the summer nad this gives you chace to ket your hair down have a good time and exchange gifts. This is one of the reasons why that Pagans had the celebrations in December to lighten people up. Actually the Pagan also gave gifts to each other I always thought the gifts represented the gifts the 3 wise men gave.
But should it be a holiday yes people work hard lets give them a day off.

The gifts of the Chaldeans weren't actually given to Jesus/Yahshua until he was a small child.
The idea of the 3 wise men bringing gifts is not based on Scripture.

I thought that was what weekends were for...

i think it is here in England. With the majority of britons being christian and the queen being the head of the church of england. i might be wrong but the majority of americans are jewish and because christmas is about the birth of christ, and jews dont beleive that Jeasus is there saviour it isnt a national holiday already, but then again i may be wrong

i can not believe this but the british government has changed the name of christmas lights, they are now festive lights or holiday lights, as they think that muslims might get offended ... seriously, its polical correctness gone totally over-board

No, American does have a very big Jewish population, which is cool, it's make us better as a nation,


but they are still a small minority.



Most Americans are European whites, and over 90 percent of the nation keeps Christmas.



Blacks are our second biggest group, with hispanics a close third. Everyone says the hispanics will be the majority in the coming century.

Lawless,

Sorry to hear that and also good to hear that I am not the only one who thinks that government should butt the hell out of my beliefs! Even though we may be on different sides of the fence on some of the issues.

I don't know why people, especially politicians and their lobbyists, forget the very reason why the British came to America in the first place....cuz nasty King what'hisname thought he could just up and declare himself the "head of the church" and MAKE them worship in the way he saw fit. If you didn't, off to a cold dark filthy prison you went. And it sounds like from what Flying Panda says, they're still spouting that baloney that Queen what'shername is the "head of the church."

There is only ONE right that I really care about....the rest, well, they're just added fluff.
So, believe me, I feel your pain, even maybe if we are different in our beliefs.

And I am tired of so called "Christians" missing the point!

I haven't read most of the posts, but here's my 2 cents:

Church and state are supposed to be separate. And, though many people have now missed the actual point of CHRISTMAS, it is a religious-ish holiday. I celebrate christmas, but i understand how those that do not could get offended by it being a national holiday. I don't know if there's another way to fix it: each person gets their specific holiday off, i don't know. Some people don't celebrate that holiday AT ALL and they have to get slapped in the face with xmas decorations, xmas songs, xmas sales, xmas trees, xmas blah blah blah.

I like christmas, but whether it should be a national holiday, i dunnoooooooooooo.

This country was founded by a bunch of Christian males. Christmas is more than a pagn celebration. For many of us Christians it is a day that is put aside to remember the birth of Jesus. For those that do not celebrate Christmas, it is a day that you are not forced to work. Christmas is also a time that is spent with family. So many people celebrate it without even the mention of the reason for the season. So why would it offend people that there is one day put aside that families gather together. The trees, the gifts, Santa, the lights, all that is fun stuff for the kids. I think this country needs stronger family units, and a day to be together sharing joy, religious or not, is a good thing.

If people don't want to spend time with their families... they don't have to!

I'm not going to do the "usual" this year... because it's what I want to do.

Lawless,

One day I will grow up (it is a long, laborious and difficult process) and not let the past bother me and also some present circumstances either, but until then...there is some crap I have difficulty dealing with...like the holidays.

And I don't mean to throw a BAH HUMBUG on everybody else's partee.

Just being real. Fake sucks.

I was just doing a bit of research and I found out that in Scotland Christmas did not become a national holiday until 1958 up until that day everyone worked on Dec 25th.

Also found out Christmas was offcially banned during the reformation.

Heck:

this is the last year that I am going celebrate or even acknowledge Christmas, so I don't give a crap either way.

the only holidays I care about at this point are Fourth of July and Thanksgiving.

I doubt that most people who have turkey, etc on Thanksgiving are actually giving thanks that the indians didn't kill all the pilgrims and vice versa. I could be wrong, I don't know much about Thanksgiving, but IMO most people, they're celebrating their families and using Thanksgiving as a means to gather everyone together, it's origins may have been decent and as a way to mark an important event, but now it's not neccessarily about that.

Chistmas was started for whatever reason, whether to celebrate the birth of Jesus or to bribe the pagens into Christianity, either way, it's now more a celebration of people and friends and family and loving your neighbour and the "holiday spirit" to most people.

Some religious people obviously still see it as celebrating Jesus's birth, whether or not it really is that and for them, it is fine. But for the masses, it's not really about Jesus and religion anymore, it's just about spreading the love.

id hate to contradict you but christmas, as its name sugests is in fact a celebration of the birth of christ (a christian festival) and around 1978 - 2022 yeas ago

Yes I feel it should be a National Holiday.

http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Christmas

Yes.

Christianity is not the only religion that has a religious holiday in December. There's Kwanzaa, Hanuka, Winter Solstice... So there needs to a holiday time set aside for those people who have a religious holiday at that time, and for those of us who aren't religious, it can still be a time to take a break from work/school and spend time with family. So long as there is an official holiday at that time, I don't care what it is called.

If there is a national holiday for every religion we would have most the year off, and would hardly ever go to work. So the best way to do things is to have the holidays of the religion of the dominant religion in that area. and any other people can try and work something out with there boss