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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jan 3 13:40:19 2005, in response to Re: ACLU's way: Re: Media Taking Christmas out of Christmas, posted by Broadway Buffer on Mon Jan 3 12:48:37 2005. Uh, I think Chanukah was around long before Christmas. And as for "Christmas being big deal", that is only because of the commercialization of it, not because it's really all that important of a Christain holiday. In fact, it's not really all that important of a Christian holiday. It's the "secular" Christmas that appears important, not the "religious" Christmas. In fact, Christmas was "made" up to be this time of year, because of a pagan holiday that was celebrated at this time, but also because it may be adopted because of a Jewish significance on the 25th of decemnber: The first two Hebrew letters of Chanukah are those spelling the name NOAH. The Hebrew month of the post-flood RAINBOW of hope was Kislev. Moses completed the construction of the Holy Arc on the 25th day of Kislev, as was the date of the laying the foundation of the second Temple by Nehemaya. See more here: http://www.nyjtimes.com/cover/12-07-04/ChanukahReflections.htm In fact, it is really suggested that Jesus was born in April. April 17th, 0006A.D. to be exact. And not to offend anyone who celebrated it, but Kwanzaa is pretty much a made up holiday which occurs around the same time as Christmas to be with the other holidays. Not that I disagree, but how is that different than some pope, deciding that Christmas was the going to be celebrated at the same time as the pagans had a religious holiday, and actually had some significance to the Jews too. The first one was Christmas and it is what started the whole thing. THEREFORE, if there was no Jesus, there would most likely be no holiday season. You couldn't be MORE wrong. Christmas was far from the first at this particular time of year. |