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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The whole point of Christmas decorations is to be wonderfully tacky.  Embrace the tacky![/quote]

I beg to differ.

The whole point of Christmas decorations is to point us towards the hope that Jesus’ birth brought to our fallen world. I personally find commercial and tacky Christmas decorations depressing.

However, if tacky commercial Xmas decor brings joy to some then let it be. [/quote]

The Annunciation was in August. Therefore Jesus was born in May, not December. [/quote]

You'd think the Bible thumping PP would know that by now.[/quote]

Well the church did a pretty good job covering up the fact that the real reasons for Christmas decorations were to strike a compromise with the Pagans and absorb their winter fertility rites, so it's understandable they don't know the true origin of Christmas decorations. [/quote]

Yep. I mean, why are we still conceding Christmas to Christians as if it is the only reason/way to celebrate. You go ahead with whatever you choose but it is not THE reason for everyone's season. Nor even the original reason.[/quote]

Logic here is confused

Yes The timing of Christmas holiday was to honor pagan ritual around winter solstice as early Christians sought to honor local traditions as well -/ but pagan customs are not the reason for modern lights: the lights are supposed to represent that the birth of Jesus made reconciliation possible and that God is the light of the world.

And as a Christian I agree that the holidays are not monopolized by Christian faith - many faith traditions have special holidays at this time of year. However, most of the most tacky holiday decorations do distort symbols of the Christian faith. The modern Santa Claus derives from Dutch immigrant culture in New York related to Sinta Klaas on Dec 5. That Dutch tradition of giving small gifts in sweet funny ways with modest gifts wrapped up in many layers of paper containing hand written poems about the recipient gradually morphed into ugly emphasis on splashy material gifts with little creativity in way gifts are given. Coca Cola gave us the first commercial visual for the contemporary version of St Nicolas and it has gradually become more grotesque.

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