What Is Christmas About?

[lindatucker]

   ;)Christmas is about being with family members, loving one another, caring, sharing and giving.

[dmahoney]

The real purpose of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of christ....hence the name Christ-mas

[animikokala]

The real purpose of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of christ....hence the name Christ-mas

To you, maybe.

 In the 4th century CE, Christianity imported the Saturnalia festival hoping to take the pagan masses in with it.  Christian leaders succeeded in converting to Christianity large numbers of pagans by promising them that they could continue to celebrate the Saturnalia as Christians.[2]

The problem was that there was nothing intrinsically Christian about Saturnalia. To remedy this, these Christian leaders named Saturnalia’s concluding day, December 25th, to be Jesus’ birthday.

Taken from http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm

For me, Christmas is about spending time with family.

[dmahoney]

Thank you for your reply. I wish you a Merry Christmas and hope you find a lighter heart in the new year.