What Happened to Christmas

What Happened To The True Meaning of Christmas?  

Whatever happened to the true meaning of Christmas? How have we forgotten that Christmas is the celebration of Jesus Christ's birthday and become so greedy?

I remember growing up knowing that we celebrated Jesus Christ's birth on Christmas and spent time with our families unwrapping gifts that "Santa Claus" put under the Christmas tree. It was a magical time for children. Trees were decorated with angels and mini figures of the virgin Mary and baby Jesus under the tree in a stable where he was born. Over time Christmas changed and the meaning or symbol of Christmas is no longer the same.  

 

 

As seen on the image above on the left side, Christmas changed we have become greedy and have forgotten the real spirit of Christmas. We now use this holiday to celebrate Santa Claus who is our hero, the gifts and Krampus who is the shadow of Santa (bad) as seen on the video above.

The media sends this idea to children that throughout the year they should be good so that Santa Claus brings them gifts on Christmas but if they are bad Krampus will bring them coal or worse as it is portrait on the trailer above.

The media also encourages or helps children and adolescent  with the kind of gifts they should ask Santa or their parents whereas before, gifts were a surprise here is an example of the sort of thing the commercials or article would say: "Long ago and far away, in a simpler time – Christmas was truly magical. It wasn’t about Ipods, gift cards, impressing every acquaintance with a gift card or adolescent wish lists that were a mile long". These kinds of commercials are now found everywhere encouraging kids to be greedy and forget what Christmas is in reality.

 http://www.professorshouse.com/living/holidays-seasons/christmas/articles/what-happened-to-christmas/