Do Chav`s celebrate Christmas if so how?
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Haha, good question! So many ways....\n\nDrinking too much Lambrini, screwing their best mates boyf / brother / etc and getting up the duff (their New Years are spent filling in forms to scrounge off the social) ;O)\nGiving each other sovereigns, Elizabeth Duke jewellery, Burberry caps, white sh*t, tracksuits (only duh wuns wiv wun leg shor'er than de uvver doh innit???!!) etc etc, all wrapped up in tasteful Burberry paper and put under the tree they hacked out of the park\nScreaming at Beyonce-Kylie, Chardonney-Porche and Brintney-Biana (Kids aged 3, 'Mums aged 15, natch)\n\nand generally acting like the scum of the earth that they are!!! ;O)
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You are making a big acusation......are you talking about one denomination in particular.  I agree that is the case with a denomination I am familiar with.....but tell me what reason would Pagans have for celebrating Christmas?
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I am from the middle east too, even arabs take part in our celebrations. Countries like UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, Baharain, Oman, Qatar have a number of Christian churches and are quite permissive in allowing ppl to follow their religion. but in some countries, celebrating christmas is a crime, as is conducting worship services.
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Date of the celebration\n\nM’Clintock and Strong’s Cyclopædia says: “The observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of N[ew] T[estament] origin. The day of Christ’s birth cannot be ascertained from the N[ew] T[estament], or, indeed, from any other source.”\n\nLuke 2:8-11 shows that shepherds were in the fields at night at the time of Jesus’ birth. The book Daily Life in the Time of Jesus states: “The flocks . . . passed the winter under cover; and from this alone it may be seen that the traditional date for Christmas, in the winter, is unlikely to be right, since the Gospel says that the shepherds were in the fields.”\n\nThe Encyclopedia Americana informs us: “The reason for establishing December 25 as Christmas is somewhat obscure, but it is usually held that the day was chosen to correspond to pagan festivals that took place around the time of the winter solstice, when the days begin to lengthen, to celebrate the ‘rebirth of the sun.’ . . . The Roman Saturnalia (a festival dedicated to Saturn, the god of agriculture, and to the renewed power of the sun), also took place at this time, and some Christmas customs are thought to be rooted in this ancient pagan celebration.”\n\nThe New Catholic Encyclopedia acknowledges: “The date of Christ’s birth is not known. The Gospels indicate neither the day nor the month . . . According to the hypothesis suggested by H. Usener . . . and accepted by most scholars today, the birth of Christ was assigned the date of the winter solstice (December 25 in the Julian calendar, January 6 in the Egyptian), because on this day, as the sun began its return to northern skies, the pagan devotees of Mithra celebrated the dies natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the invincible sun). On Dec. 25, 274, Aurelian had proclaimed the sun-god principal patron of the empire and dedicated a temple to him in the Campus Martius. Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong at Rome.”\n\nWise men, or Magi, led by a star\n\nThose Magi were actually astrologers from the east. (Matt. 2:1, 2, NW; NE) Although astrology is popular among many people today, the practice is strongly disapproved in the Bible.  Would God have led to the newborn Jesus persons whose practices He condemned?\n\n. Regarding the date for Christmas celebrations, the Enciclopedia de la Religión Católica frankly states: “The reason that the Roman Church decided to assign this date to the festival seems to be its tendency to replace pagan festivals with Christian ones. . . . We know that in Rome at that time, the pagans consecrated December 25 as the celebration of natalis invicti, the birth of the ‘invincible sun.’”\n\n“Christmas has been celebrated on December 25 in all Christian churches since the fourth century. At that time, this was the date of the pagan winter-solstice festival called the ‘Birth (Latin, natale) of the Sun,’ since the sun appeared to be reborn as the days once again became longer. In Rome, the Church adopted this extremely popular custom . . . by giving it a new meaning.”—Encyclopædia Universalis,\n\nZenobia’s Legacy\n\n  Upon returning to Rome after defeating Zenobia, the queen of Palmyra, Emperor Aurelian built a temple to the sun. In it he placed the statues of the sun-god that he had brought back from her city. Commenting on further developments, the magazine History Today says: “The most reverberant of all Aurelian’s actions is perhaps the establishment, in AD 274, of an annual festival of the sun falling on the winter solstice, December 25th. When the empire became Christian the birthday of Christ was transferred to this date to make the new religion more acceptable to those who enjoyed the festivities of the old. It is a curious thought, that it should be ultimately due to the Empress Zenobia that . . . [people] celebrate our Christmas.”
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Nip down to your local Chav library and you see the sort of things they read; current favourites include:\n\n- "How to mug people in the street in two easy steps"\n- "Vauxhall Novas and their sound systems"\nand \n- "A Brief History of Bling"\n\n\nChavs can be encourage to read more books by keeping books under lock and key, if they have to steal to get the book Chavs are more likely to at least get near them.\n\nWhether Chavs can actually read is a whole 'nother question...
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Of course Christmas is celebrated, atheists are semi-normal people. The 'Christ' part is ignored, and most atheists are the 'closet' type, they don't go around bad mouthing Christians like the the very liberal types do.
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boxing day is called boxing day as churched opened up the day after christmas so those who recieved presents could go around the back of the church and donate their unwanted gifts into the boxes so the church could then distribute them to the poor and use the money to refurbish the church...\n\nyou put as much as you wanted in to these boxes as it was always anonymous-only "god" judged you for your generosity\n\nhope that helps\n\nx
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Christmas is the most celebrated holiday in our family.  We love to share the story of Jesus' birth with our daughter along with the traditions of decorating and singing and baking cookies!
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UMMM AWESOME QUESTION! I TEND TO PONDER ABOUT THIS AS WELL.  The decoration gods have just notified me about the times and dates of the decor of Christmas.  They are as follows:\n\nDec.1 at 12:01 am. and they have informed me that you have to cut down your own tree, and decorate it on DEC. 9 at 4:30 in the afternoon.  If you should have any questions about the decoration gods and times of decoration please feel free to call this 1800 number...1800-337-7378
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Before Christmas we decorate the house and ride around to see people's Christmas lights. And we shop the big sales, of course. My family usually stays home and gives eachother presents for Christmas. Then we have dinner. After Christmas family visits us or we visit them. We also go to after Christmas sales.
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Yes, but not the Christian way. It's nice to have the family around, gifts, Christmas tree etc.
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Considering that Christmas really has nothing to do with the birth of Christ, or Christianity, why are you ranting. Check out what I'm saying. The Christians just gave it a new name. They adopted the holiday that is originally from Pagans. As far as Santa and the reindeer and the elves and the sleigh rides, I've never taught my children to believe in such lies, because if I lied to them about that, then they may just think that I would lie to them about God. I don't celebrate the holidays because of their origins. Try reading Exodus 32:4-10
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Every year on christmas eve "the birds" (santas) leave new pyjamas on our beds to let us know Santa has left the north pole. Since I moved out 2 years ago mum arranged for my fiancee to leave new pjs on my bed for me, I think its a really lovely tradition that i'll carry on when I have children of my own.\nMy dad used to wrap up useless presents to give to all the adults, like used spark plugs etc, all the kids thought it was hilarious, even more so because it infuruated mum.\n\nI really like suprise presents, santa would hide a few "extra" presents around the house with our names on them... usually something we really wanted, and a few unexpected things.
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I'm a substitute teacher in Nova Scotia, and I also did my student teaching here. From what I've observed, most schools here do Christmas, but it is totally secular, no Nativity is mentioned.
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None - ask me on Christmas Eve
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Of course there is a Santa. He represents the magic that is in the air at Christmas time.That has to explain how all the things seem to get done.
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There are some religions that do not celebrate Christmas, including a Christin group or two. And Christmas has been so commercialized that the true meaning escapes many who are not religious. Their thoughts are drawn away from Christ, who is the true meaning of Christmas.\n\nI have always felt sorry at Christmas time for the children of families that didn't believe in Christmas...all of the lights, the decoratins, and of course the gifts. But as Christmas is now maybe they aren't missing out on a lot after all. All that stuff is just glitter masking the true meaning.  Of course we try to keep our children's hearts turned to Christ at that time of the year, but it is hard with all of the other stuff going on.