Should Everyone Be Celebrating Christmas? (TMF:SE26)

Peace to Live By: Should Everyone Be Celebrating Christmas? (TMF:SE26) - Daniel Litton
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       We see, then, how the gift giving was further developed by the character of Santa Claus, and, of course, we saw the commercialization of Christmas throughout the 1900s. What I find to be interesting, personally, is that so many businesses, stores, seek to profit off of the Christian holiday of Christmas and yet do not want to uphold Christian values and morality throughout the rest of the year. It’s like, Christianity is good during Christmastime, but for the rest of the year Christianity is bad. This is an unfortunate and yet hypocritical paradox among merchants today. But many people do the same thing. I personally don’t even know why so many people celebrate Christmas when it is a Christian holiday. There are so many non-Christians who want to take part in the Christmas festivities but who either don’t believe in Jesus Christ, or who deny him by there actions throughout the year. Really, if you stop and think about it, if a person doesn’t believe in Jesus, should that person be celebrating Christmas—the birth of Jesus? I would encourage everyone to examine themselves and think about that.