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blazey · 04-11-2007, 23:13

Maybe they find it annoying because its just a way for british people to be greedy legitimatly once a year and forget the true reasons behind xmas. Is it only immigrants with this viewpoint or is it also people who are british born and from other cultures too?

I mean, some immigrants tend to be very wholehearted about their own religious holidays, and aswell as enjoying a celebration, many strongly hold the religious element of their holidays still, and perhaps it just irrititates them that alot of british people dont hold any religious faith whatsoever until its time for xmas and all of a sudden every british person wants to celebrate xmas, of course excluding those from faiths that dont celebrate xmas, i.e jehovas witnesses.

Perhaps with the fact that for example, the muslim faith are brought up to be charitable and unselfish, maybe it just really annoys people to see us put up tacky decorations around the town and pretend we are really celebrating xmas, when in fact, alot of people are doing it simply for the greed of it all, and of course i'm not including younger children in this who have a genuine belief of 'father christmas' but from the teenage years, most people are doing it really so that people will give them presents.

How many of you know teenagers that go to the church on xmas eve/day to celebrate the birth of christ, or how many statues of st nick (the real one not the coca cola one) in people front rooms?

Me and my boyfriend where discussing this today except with bonfire night instead of xmas. How many people are actually celebrating bonfire fire night for the historical background of guy fawkes and so on compared to the numbers wanting to see the expensive firework shows and eat treacle toffee?

Obviously I enjoy xmas as much as the next person, and I was brought up catholic so rightly so, but perhaps the tackiness of it all rather than the real messages just irritate foreigners and see it as just another way for brits to show that its their country and they have their own traditions, even if they dont actually care about the true meaning of that tradition?

I mean on the other hand, I seem to recall that people werent too happy about putting up similar decorations up somewhere for eid last year, though I'm not quite sure where it was now, maybe blackburn or further away than that.

p.s I am not a british holiday hater, i am just trying to see if from the other possible viewpoint.

04-11-2007, 23:13	#46
blazey God Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denton/Oswaldtwistle Posts: 3,638 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 994	Re: Downgrade Christmas Maybe they find it annoying because its just a way for british people to be greedy legitimatly once a year and forget the true reasons behind xmas. Is it only immigrants with this viewpoint or is it also people who are british born and from other cultures too? I mean, some immigrants tend to be very wholehearted about their own religious holidays, and aswell as enjoying a celebration, many strongly hold the religious element of their holidays still, and perhaps it just irrititates them that alot of british people dont hold any religious faith whatsoever until its time for xmas and all of a sudden every british person wants to celebrate xmas, of course excluding those from faiths that dont celebrate xmas, i.e jehovas witnesses. Perhaps with the fact that for example, the muslim faith are brought up to be charitable and unselfish, maybe it just really annoys people to see us put up tacky decorations around the town and pretend we are really celebrating xmas, when in fact, alot of people are doing it simply for the greed of it all, and of course i'm not including younger children in this who have a genuine belief of 'father christmas' but from the teenage years, most people are doing it really so that people will give them presents. How many of you know teenagers that go to the church on xmas eve/day to celebrate the birth of christ, or how many statues of st nick (the real one not the coca cola one) in people front rooms? Me and my boyfriend where discussing this today except with bonfire night instead of xmas. How many people are actually celebrating bonfire fire night for the historical background of guy fawkes and so on compared to the numbers wanting to see the expensive firework shows and eat treacle toffee? Obviously I enjoy xmas as much as the next person, and I was brought up catholic so rightly so, but perhaps the tackiness of it all rather than the real messages just irritate foreigners and see it as just another way for brits to show that its their country and they have their own traditions, even if they dont actually care about the true meaning of that tradition? I mean on the other hand, I seem to recall that people werent too happy about putting up similar decorations up somewhere for eid last year, though I'm not quite sure where it was now, maybe blackburn or further away than that. p.s I am not a british holiday hater, i am just trying to see if from the other possible viewpoint.