False Christmas Traditions?
False Christmas Traditions?
Have we replace Jesus Christ with false Christmas Traditions? There has been a lot of discussion in recent years about how Christ has been "X"ed out of Christmas (Xmas) and replaced by other "gods", like commercialism and Santa Claus.
I personally like the idea of Santa Claus, except when he starts replacing Christ as the giver of all good gifts. Santa Claus is an American version of St. Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop of the Christian church in Asia Minor. The feast day of St. Nicholas is December 6, and in many European countries the children find on the morning of that day that the saint has come during the night and left presents for them by the chiminey piece. The early American colonists adopted the festivity from the Dutch settlers, changing the Dutch name of the saint (San Nicolaas) to Santa Claus and the time of his visit to Christmas Eve. --Royce Bair, Director of TSS
Santa Claus first started appearing in United States in illustrations in the 1860's. The following image was taken from a c.1910 stone lithograph printed postcard, and shows Santa Claus listening to a little girl's bedtime prayers --replacing Christ as the mediator between God and man!
Personally, I prefer the following image of Christmas:
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