Random question: I know it's a cartoon, but how can The Flintstones celebrate Christmas if technically Christ hasn't been born yet?

[smahala1991]

#Thingsthatmakeyougohmm

[donkeyde]

Willing to take a guess that besides it being a cartoon this old what if theory is the flinstones are further in time than we thought. Remember the old jettisons and flintstones crossover back in the day? Elroy made a machine to send them into the future he goes and use it and landed there with the flinstones now normally we would think he messed up and sent to the pass. The catch being what if it did work correctly and the future was the flinstones time. They had things in the show that no Stone Age person would had vacuum system, construction work, the concept of cars, and things of that nature. So if they had all of that from current day items but simplified version with what’s available then the fact of Christmas being a holiday adds up. Still just a theory unless the creator come back and officially state yea that what happened.

[joe_schmidt]

Because Christmas is not about Christ or Jesus. According to the Bible, he was born some time between late June (most common theory) to early September.

Another common theory is it's to celebrate the life of St. Nicholas who was a priest that went around to every household in the village and gave either money, or food to the people.

However, the story about the pagan origins of Christianity dates FAR earlier than any of those events; which includes Christmas.

The fact that the Flintstones live in the stone age, the formal idea of religion hadn't been invented yet, so that part is just because it's a children's cartoon and is supposed to relate to them.

[Subarugirl]

Well because Christmas was originally a pagan ritual. Instead of Jesus Christ, though, Saturnalia celebrated the Roman god Saturn. In fact, December 25 was the winter solstice on the Roman calendar, the shortest day of the year. We can still see the pagan origins of Christmas in many holiday traditions, including mistletoe, which symbolized fertility to pre-Christians and new life even in the depths of winter.
Another winter-solstice festival, Yule, was observed by Germanic peoples and connected to Odin, king of the Norse gods. It, too, was later wrapped up into Christmas: The Yule log, decorated tree, and wassailing can all be traced back to this Teutonic celebration. The origins of Christmas it’s self has nothing to do with Christ

[Subarugirl]

Lol are people really upset by historical facts?

[ImRetarded]

I'm offended, just because I like eating brownies doesn't mean I promote racism. Its not my fault brownies have a color that is dark of that of black people. I eat what I like not because I think its racist.

[Luminair3]

@ImRetarded don't talk about brownies with people who think they're a dentist XD

[ImRetarded]

@Luminair3 thanks for the advice. My mom never taught me that. I shall remember this until the end of my life.

[Luminair3]

Reading the opinions and this is what I love about GAG, so many wanna-be-geniuses lmao. Paganism? Seriously? Lol, you guys know all the big stuff but never thought about Flinstones driving a car and owning a refrigerator in the stone age.

It's called the artistic license people, the artists use it make their work look more interesting. Ridiculous part is people are talking about all the historical facts like if it makes them look intellectual. Dude chill, it's just a children's cartoon and kids want something interesting and funny.

[ChkltCat]

Are you trying to be a genius when he asked a funny question?

[Luminair3]

@ChkltCat I've got no pain in the ass to appear genius but some people seem to be. I know he was trying to be funny but some people has taken it to another level.

[ChkltCat]

True... like people who are beating someone over a joke.

[Luminair3]

@ChkltCat Hmmm yes and now what made you vote my opinion as disagree then?

[Kontrvnote]

Funny how one person has talked about pagan religions, Germanic tribes etc. but never thought about the fact that humans appeared nearly after 65 millions years from the extinction of dinosaurs. But in Flinstones you can find both dinosaurs and humans living together. In fact the Roman/Germanic religions even started far far later from the stone age.

Actually it's all about the artistic license (Deviation from fact or form for artistic purposes). Or maybe it's all about a post-apocalyptic era as some others have mentioned.

[BCRanger10]

There are speculations and fan theories that suggest that The Flinstones takes place in a distant future following global war and calamity that sends man into a pseudo-Stone Age.

Then there's also the objective reality that cartoons from the 1950s and 1960s aren't necessarily logically consistent. That and they were geared towards little kids 😆

[Astarlessnightsky]

Realistically they can't, like you said, the show is set in a time long before the birth of christ.

But there are also dinosaurs, which would be extinct millions of years before the first humanoid walked the earth.

Soooo i wouldn't take it seriously in term of historic accuracy.

[fjh80]

I think that question is way more loaded than you imagine.
If you take each aspect and look into them…. The star, the three wise men or what ever else, you’ll find parallels in other religions/beliefs…


I’m not going further than that. I’m too lazy.

[MarkRet]

You have a point, but then the Flintstones also have dinosaurs running around. Dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years before there were humans. While we’re at it, how does SpongeBob cook burgers under water, and how do they get the cows to even make the burgers? That kind of stuff can drive you crazy if you think about it too much.

[Equi2ube]

That's not true. We've all seen Fred run his dinosaur steamshovel. Heck, Dino was a dinosaur for cryin' in the mud.

SpongeBob cooks burgers made from seacows on a commercial/marine grade stove which works fine underwater.

Sheeze I thought everyone knew that 🙄😜😂

[Xtcy2083]

Because the Flintstones is set in the future, not the past. It's a post-apocalyptic world, which is why they understand much of the technology we have now, but in more primitive form (ex. the cars that don't need petrol, just feet to power them).

[TwistedSukuna]

This makes too much sense to not be canon.

[AviatorTom]

This is the discover of the century, the last century. Hanna-Barbera lied to us. Of course they couldn't celebrate Christmas because Christ hasn't been born yet.

The only think I could think of is that George Jetson drove his space car into a wormhole, traveled back in time, and told Fred and Barney about Christmas.

[Lonestarryzky]

It's all about imagination, anything can happen in cartoons. Maybe they got to know it from the Jetsons or maybe they are living in a post nuclear war period as some people have mentioned.

And by the way it has nothing to do with paganism, rituals or anything about religion as some geniuses have mentioned lol. C'mon people y'all never watched cartoons before?

[jshm2]

Artistic licence.

It's the same in every fictional movie/cartoon. You need to suspend reality

For example the most famous Christmas movies are the Macauley Home Alone series.

But technically, CPS and the persecutors office should have took all the kids, and jailed the parents for a whole host of violations, after the first Home Alone movie.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Well jesus christ never existed (at least the biblical one anyway, I'm sure some normy got that name at some point), and both the flintstone and modern renditions of the holiday are basically stripped of religous context, so the same is true for people celebrating Christmas today.

[Shark_61695]

But the earth was created by god what? 6000 years ago (can't remember the correct wrong amount). The Flintstones weren't in the Garden of Eden, dinosaurs and cars didn't appear in the bible (new or old testament) so obviously The Flintstones were around after the main bible finishes but before the end of the world. This means The Flintstones were around after Christ and therefore could celebrate Christmas.

[JennyDunne2]

Because its actually set in the future but after the apocalypse

[LikeALog]

They can do it because it's entertainment. It doesn't have to be factual. Hollywood does it all the time. They hardly ever let facts get in the way of telling a good story.

[Mr_Donut]

Well, maybe its in the future. The human race eradicate itself and started rising up again. So jesus was already born and this is a trdition from pre apocalyptic era. 🤔

[exitseven]

Wow, this is the first time i am haring this considering the Flintstones have been around since the 60s/ . I guess if we watched the Flintstones long enough, time travel would be involved/.

[DaveToo]

Damn good point, unless the timeline has progressed so far that we've finally depleted our strategic reserves, and we have thrust ourselves back to the stone age.

[ODC2112]

Because it is made by people who are unable to imagine a world different from theirs. The series copies the American society of the 1950s, not a prehistoric society. There is only a kind of setting of pseudo prehistoric times.

[Luopio27]

Maybe the roots of Christmas extends to the stone age. It could be some kind of chaos magic.


Their cars are roots to the technology of modern day fitness machines. Their tech never needee moving parts for full body workout.

[ChrisMaster69]

I’m with @luminair3 on this one lol.

People really believe cartoon stuff 😂

[Luminair3]

❤ Sending this heart to you for being mature enough to see a cartoon as a cartoon. xoxo lol

[Apulu_3]

Logical question but you never know cuz it's cartoon.

[Slartybartfast]

They have radio before Tesla, vacuum cleaners before the hover, record players before Edison etc etc..

[Baredog69]

Actually they were picked up by The Jetsons on December 22nd every year and returned home after New years. I don't know what the hell I'm talking about I just made that up.

[ChiTown33]

For that matter how are dinosaurs present? The last of the dinosaurs died off 65milion years. Ago. And the first modern human appeared 300k years. Ago.

[ewok737]

Well let's start with them living with dinosaurs, they died out 60 some million years before humans evolved into something resembling the Flintstones !!

[FlaffyCheez]

Ruining childhoods out here with your literal self!! Lmaooo

[IAMNathanael]

They must've been some sort of prophets or something.

[BCA6010]

That show also had dinosaurs in it. It doesn't have to make historical sense.

[Miristheiss]

He has.
Bedrock is just behind the times. (Like those Amazonian tribes in the Rain Forests)

[dreamstar72]

Remember when Flintstones meet the Jetsons well the secrets of future was told by his mouth George.

[CasuallySamsonite]

Much like the Flintstones, Christianity is fiction... the rules of reality don't really apply.

[RichSD]

They're modern stone-age family, so probably post World War III :)

[FunkyMonkee]

The same way we all can, after all, there never was a Christ.

[jahaims]

Lol that's the issue you take with the cartoon? Not dinosaurs and humans cohabitating?

[Lonestarryzky]

Lol exactly what I thought as well. Funniest thing is some people have taken this question way too far they are talking about religion.

[IncognitoBandito]

Jesus went back in time after the Crucifixion and converted some Cave People. Their church is known as the Bedrockians and exists even to this day.

[Surely]

It is a cartoon. So does it really matter!
Come to think of it. I don’t think that they ever mentioned a date.

[ikEVERYTHING]

Well some people theorize that it takes place in a post nuclear war since they know about tvs and cars and stuff. So there's that

[Likes2drive]

Maybe it’s like the land that time forgot, they are in our modern times but never advanced much because they were isolated from the rest of the world

[Cubus]

Well, in Donald Duck he once ate a duck for dinner.

[CaptainSmartass]

It's a harmless piece of entertainment. Don't stress about it.

Simples...

[captain_voidwalker]

Because raptor Jesus went extinct for thier sins

[boobliker]

it because time stand still for them it's NOW ie Today

[msc545]

It's a cartoon - artistic license operates for cartoonists.

[Equi2ube]

Well, they probably learned all about Christmas when they visited the Jetsons.

[BillyBalls]

How could they have a car since cars came 2,000 years after Christ?

[sixft4nnmore]

I've never seen the flintstones celebrate any holidays

[Tabasco25]

As much as a historical fact based make believe tv show that it is it's just a TV show 🤔👍😆

[JohnQue]

You got your timeliness fubared. The Flintstones exist in the same time as the Jetsons. It's canon.

[lovemymember]

Not a Christian holiday, it started as a pagan celebration

[BlackTealLazer]

I never thought about that...

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Oh that is something to think over

[AllThatSweetJazz]

Christmas was based on an earlier pagan ritual?

[Jamie05rhs]

LOL. Plot holes are fun, aren't they?

[Gia013100]

Hey I think Santa should be locked up.

[OddBeMe]

Not as bad God raping a 12 year old.

[KingofCups]

Is called an A·nach·ro·nism bruh

[Gwenhwyfar]

True lol

[Wise4myage]

Fred was a Seer.