[Douglas25668]

When my children have asked I told them that Christmas was originally a day set aside to celebrate the birth of Christ. I discovered through research a few years back that the true birth date of Christ was never recorded. It was the ‘death’ of Christ that used to be considered the holiest day of the year. The date of 12/25 was selected as a day to celebrate Christ’s birthday to distract early christians away from a very popular pagan holiday that took place on that same day. Since the true meaning of Christmas is lost in the modern capitalist society, I now add to my explanation of Christmas as a day set aside every year to get together and spend time with family. I consider that alone enough of a reason to declare a holiday.

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Name : Douglas25668, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 40, City : Pontiac, State : MI, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : Technical School, Social class : Middle class, 

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