Merry Xmas from nothingRelevant
The folk(s) at nothingRelevant.com would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
Although, we’ve noticed that the meaning of Christmas has been lost behind the greed of getting lots of toys, gifts, and money.
So, here is a quick simple reminder of the true meaning and history of Christmas.
As you may or may not remember, a long long time ago, the Jews crucified and killed Jesus Christ. But he came back to life and became more popular than ever. Defeated, the Jews let it go. Years later, the Jewish holiday Hanukkah was overshadowed by the celebration of Jesus’ birthday. It became the biggest most popular holiday ever. They called it CHRISTMAS (which of course translates from Spanish to English as MORE CHRIST). They even started dressing up and celebrating Jesus’ guardian angel, St. Nick. St. Nick’s name has been changed throughout the world overtime. Italians still call him St. Nick, Americans changed his name to Chris Kringle, and the Russians called him Claus or Santa Claus. (Santa Claus has become the most popular name)
Anyway, the Jews were not happy about everyone making fun of their holy holiday — including the 8 days of dreidels and bad food. So, the Jews captured the beloved Santa Claus and–as they did to Jesus — crucified him on a giant Douglas Fur tree. Unfortunately, since it is dark the majority of the time during the winter, people couldn’t see what the Jews did. So, they decided to wrap the tree in lights so that everyone can see what they did to Claus.
Claus died and was buried. On the third day he rose and — much like Jesus — became even more popular. The jews failed again. Santa, continued to ride his popularity and decided to give gifts to everyone who believed in him all over the world.
Christmas became more than just the celebration of Jesus’ birthday, it became about the celebration of Santa Claus. People started putting up Fur trees (and similar) in their homes and decorated them with lights and put gifts under them in honor of Santa’s gift giving ways.
And that is a quick, down and dirty, refresher on how Christas came about. When they are old enough, be sure to make sure your children understand the true meaning and history of Christmas so that they can pass it on to their family and friends.
Merry Christmas!




