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Re: Where will this madness end?
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Originally Posted by jedimaster
by traditions,I assume you mean marketing ploys to increase income for major retailers!
for example:
christmas trees (introduced by the scandanavians)
santa (a marketing tool for coca cola)
lights (again from chanuka)
turkey (not introduced until victorian times, a favourite of victoria and albert who became the main trendsetters for it)
I could go on but these ancient christian traditions seem very modern to me and also nothing to do with christianity
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It was actually the German Prince Albert, who popularised the Christmas tree.
It became fashionable after the Royal family were pictured with one, in the Illustrated London News.
Everyone's fully aware of how Christmas traditions came about.
What we'd all really like to know is who is being forced to celebrate Christmas against their will?
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