Merry Christmas - or should it be "Merry Krampus" ?
Christians worldwide are getting ready to celebrate Christmas these days, with candlelight and decorated trees, which Santa coming down the chimney and the Christmas Angel bringing presents, with merriment, feasting and generosity, with lots of church going and admiring the nativity scenes put up in front of houses and churches, and in countless living rooms, in short, with a whole lot of warm and fuzzy feelings. Children have been raised to be giddy about their presents first and foremost, while the churchmen complain about the materialistic side of Christmas and try to remind people of the "real reason for the season".
Well, you might not be astonished to hear that Jesus, after all, is not the reason for the season, but that Christmas is a very old pagan observance that was not approved of by churches right up into the 19th century, and only comparatively recently received a Christian candy-coating. We are providing just a few links below because this case has been made so often that there is no need for us to find all new words for the same old thing. Feel free to do some online research for yourself too.
Krampus - Santa's not so little helper
So let me ask you two questions:
1. Why has Christianity invented all new feasts for itself instead of sticking with God's appointed feasts ?
2. Why do all Christian feasts curiously coincide in date and symbolism with pagan observances ?
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