Honors

This weeks article talked about Christmas. It talked about how Jesus was not born near that time and that there was only two accounts in the Gospels on the Nativity of Christ. It also talked about how the date of Christmas was chosen and how it has warped through the years to then add Santa Claus and gift giving. It was a very historical summary of how Saint Nicholas got put in with Christs birthday.

The fact that Christs Nativity was only mentioned in the bible twice surprised me. I had to go look it up to see if it was true. I think growing up in the christian church we learned about Christmas, which made it seem as if the Nativity was in it quite a bit. It did not surprise me that the date of Jesus’s Birthday was not known. I had watched off a documentary that this was true. I did not know the story of how Saint Nick got into Christmas either. I think that it is funny the early church tried to take away from the partying over new years with the celebration of Christs birthday. I think that the gift giving has exponentially grown since the industrial revolution and is still growing today. I think as a very economic country that this helps our country to run. I thought this article was very thought provoking and makes me think about the idea of Christmas as a whole.