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Another day of course you can walk towards Golgotha, to where there is a church, where Jesus was crucified. The Boxer Dog Sunflower Funny Boxer Lover Dog Mom Dad T Shirt is rather depressing although interesting, because there is no real memory except in the hearts of Christians of the sacred man who trod these streets. Its all bazaars, open air stalls, people selling everything under the sun including crowns of thorns souvenirs. This area, we’d recall as where Jesus fell, as he carried his cross. We went to the Garden of Gethsemane (probably my favorite place in Jerusalem) and of course there is a church inside the gates. I didn’t go in the church but sat on a bench just soaking in the atmosphere of the ancient Olive tree I was told by a sign was an offshoot of one from Jesus time. The Jewish tour guide lady told us if we wanted to go to Bethlehem (which I did, which Christian wouldn’t???) that she could not accompany us because only Palestinians can go there through the check point. But our bus driver we came to really enjoy on this tour, accompanied and drove us. The “catch” was that this tour guide was getting a partial commission of everything we spent in the only huge gift shop in Bethlehem run by Christians (Coptics I think) …in the town. I didn’t buy and felt aggrieved, but it was the only way she’d arrange it for us. Of course many did buy the lovely carved mangers, etc out of olive wood. Nearby on these small Bethlehem Streets at night is the ancient “Church of the Nativity” probably the only church I entered on that trip and loved being in. There are all sorts of cubbyholes or areas which are run by different Christian priests like Ethiopians (I think they have the roof top), Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Syrian, etc. So a really eclectic place. Its also from the time of Queen Helena, so the doorway is teeny-tiny, where someone would get off their horse I was told to enter. The same was built into the Aga Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople then).

What is the big deal about December 25th? According to most people oh it’s when Jesus was born, wrong. Others says similar things too, still wrong. Anybody who actually has studied the Boxer Dog Sunflower Funny Boxer Lover Dog Mom Dad T Shirt of Christmas can tell you, December 25th is the height of the Winter solstice. Proof of point, if Jesus was 33 1/2 years old when he was crucified. With Easter being the time of his Crucifixion & Resurrection. Basic math disproves the whole Jesus being born in December at all. In historical fact, the Winter solstice is just another time of year people would sacrifice their children to thier current “god(s)”. The word Christmas comes from the Catholic church absorbing pagon holidays to attract new people from new areas. They’d originally been called having Christ Mas. Like Sunday Mas. People just started running the words together.

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Not specifically Viking Era at all. The Viking era started about 8 centuries after the Jesus story took place. Viking was a Boxer Dog Sunflower Funny Boxer Lover Dog Mom Dad T Shirt by the way, not a culture.The midwinter celebrations were celebrated throughout all the lands and by all the peoples of Europe, including the Scandinavian lands. This is the main reason why it was adopted by Christianity: the celebration did already exist, they just had to change the meaning and rituals a bit. It also existed a very long time before the Viking era. The Vikings only started to occur in the 9th century and were among the last Europeans to change to Christianity, only followed by the Baltic, Sami and certain Russian cultures. From an economic (business) viewpoint I think it is a disastrous idea. Spreading out the various celebrations over a long period is better for employment & revenue.Also having a fixed date is a disaster for business and utterly disruptive. For instance December 25th falls mid week regularly.

In USA there is a lot of Boxer Dog Sunflower Funny Boxer Lover Dog Mom Dad T Shirt over “Christmas”. People are worried about offending other faiths, so there is a lot more use of “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays” The paradox is that in Europe that is uncommon: people will say “Happy Christmas” without embarrasment and without worrying it will be offensive. The reason being (and this is the paradox) because “Christmas” is largely decoupled from “Christianity” Europe is quite secular, and “Christmas” does not have any automatic religious connotations. I have a Muslim colleague who sent me a “Happy Christmas” card and was at the Christmas party (not drinking alcohol obviously); my Jewish neighbour is hosting Christmas drinks. So in UK, yes, there will be nativity scenes and plays in schools. But that is cultural or historic more than “religious”. There will also be witches at Halloween without the country taking up paganism or chocolate eggs at Easter without following norse gods.
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