Since Jesus was Jewish, do the uneducated deplorables realize that Christmas is a full on Jewish holiday?

[TightLipps]

[jennifer_bloom]

I think both Christianity and Judaism make a lot of sense and both religions are good religions for anybody to choose and follow. Jesus said I have other sheep which are not of this fold, which means there are those who follow the morals Jesus taught and believe in the God Jesus spoke of, that have never been richly exposed to christian scripture. My Buddhist friend who I met through a University Christian fellowship said all religions on earth say to be humble and honest and compassionate. The bible talks about those that slander the mother's son, meaning, you do not respect God if you disrespect those who believe in God but follow a different faith tradition or separate ritualistic formulae than yourself.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Actually jesus never existed, he's completely made up, just like god, angels, demons, souls, heaven, hell, etc. All religions are nonsense/fiction.

Christmas is actually a hybrid holiday, it started out as the roman holiday Saturnalia, which is also based on a fictional god and involved fancy decor, music, and gift giving, and i'm sure that holiday started out as something else as well.

The Christmas tree is a germanic tradition that occured during plays that happened to be around Christmas time, and it became part of the holiday itself as the tradition spread.

Today, Christmas is mostly about giving gifts, having parties, and decorating your house, just for the fun of it.

[rigmarole]

Torah predicts Messiah... The New Covenant is with the House of Israel. Christmas is a commemoration of the birth of Jesus (Messiah) by those in the House of Israel that accepted The New Covenant and now follow Christianity. Jews and Christians are brothers in religion, but there is a schism over certain religious beliefs.

[rigmarole]

One could argue that anyone that doesn't believe in Messiah has denied the prophets and thus denied the Torah... So there is that angle...

[NamerOfStars]

Well, no- because it isn't true. Christmas is a full on Asatru holiday, not Jewish. Where would Israelite Jews get pine trees from?

[TightLipps]

They'd get them from your mom.

[slatyb]

It's not, it was invented by Christian invaders to replace the traditional mid-winter celebration.

[HouseMoat]

If he existed

[TightLipps]

Are you still looking for your real daddy, housemoat?

[HouseMoat]

My parents are happily married, bro