It's a tradition that is not specifically ''christian'', that all I meant. I keep reading that for instance Thanskgiving, the other blessed day for the turkey market, was ''rediscovered'' in 1861-1865, the link between the current feast and the pilgrims being much more tenuous that people would be willing to admit.
I wish I had enough time to be mad about stupid shit like this. Maybe I should make time in my life for this, seems to be an enjoyable sport for many people.
Doubt most of you so called Christians do anything remotely traditionally tied to christian rites, so this is more special snowflakes getting upset over nothing.
Goose was what we had at Christmas until Turkey got popular.
"Would you please let me join your p-p-party?
christmas is a pagan holiday though
mr pickles
I haven't cared about the Christian aspects of Christmas in well over 10 years. I don't sing, I don't pray and I don't go to church. But I light some candles because it's festive and wholeheartedly embrace the capitalist spirit of the whole thing. I like giving friends and family presents, so it's the perfect holiday for me.
But despite it not traditionally being a thing in Germany, I have also adapted Halloween. I carve a pumpkin, cook a shitload of pumpkin dishes and buy another battery powerd plastic pumpkin for my workplace. On actual Halloween I put on a witch hat or something similar for my daily routine, including work. I'd say people here have started doing Halloween stuff in the last 10 to 15 years, so we might actually be seeing the birth of a new tradition in Germany. In the cities you can actually see some packs of children trick- or treating, but since the turnout is low because few older people participate it's still pretty rare. I always buy a bag of candy just in case.
Bottom line is: It doesn't matter where a holiday originates, as long as you're having fun participating you go for it.
For example, at the end of Ramadan Muslims will have what has been translated to me as a "sugar feast", which is basically a huge feeding frenzy after the fasting ends. Sure I'm as white as they come and certainly not a convert, but when I participated in the fasting on a dare, I was invited to their families feast by some friends. I had the ritual explained to me and went with it the same way I sing the Christian songs at my aunt's place during Christmas season even though I'm a pretty militant Atheist.
Just don't get too pissy over how other people observe or interpret their festive seasons.
The whole discussion reminds me of that stupid hubbub about the mutton commercial from New Zealand a few months back, when they said it's the one meat people of all religions can eat.
Bah can't find it nor do I actually care lol
How dare Tesco descerate the sacred Christian tradition of selling Turkeys with cranberry up their arse to people by having a woman wear a headscarf