whatās christmas even like in non-christian families? in completely non-religious families? like what do you tell your children? āwell, kids, weāre eating a whole lot of food and spending a fuckton of money spoiling you because some other people somewhere believe their holy lord and saviour and the greatest person to walk the earth was born 2000 years ago. hereās a playstation.ā
yeah pretty much
i legit didnt know non-christians celebrated christmas⦠literally never crossed my mindĀ
We do, and basically itās likeĀ āHey kids, letās decorate a tree, exchange presents, eat a fuckload of food, and get a picture with the creepy mall Santa that probably will be arrested next weekā. I didnāt even know it was a religious holiday until I was 9
Christmas was celebrated here (in Norway) for several thousand years before Christianity got here. There was literally nothing Christian about it in the beginning, the Christians just figured itād be easier to say that Jesus was born on a day that was already celebrated than to make up a new holiday and force it on people
Pretty much every culture in the northern hemisphere has had a celebration in the fuck-all heart of winter purely because itās depressing as fuck when itās cold all the time and dark for 90% of the time
So long before jesus was born someone was like
āk itās cold and dark and the view outside is literally identical to our concept of hell but I made you this candle stop being sadā
Yep, Easter existed before Jesus died on this day. Basically pretty much everyĀ āChristianā holiday was put on a pagan holiday, like lots of churches were also built on pagan places of worship. Thatās how they made Christianity a success. We call that marketing now.Ā
Christmas is rooted in pre-Christian Solstice celebrations. By Dec. 25th, days are getting noticeably longer. Light is triumphing over the dark. Spring and life will eventually return. In the dead of winter, the promise of renewal. Itās an ancient and powerful thing, that has been integral to human culture and religion in every culture around the globe.Ā
Christians couldnāt get people to stop celebrating their solstice feast days, so they replaced the ārebirth of the sunā celebrations with a ābirth of the sonā celebration. Literally all they did was tweak existing mythology and relabel old traditions.Ā
Christmas is far, far older than Christianity. Donāt flatter yourselves.Ā































