Like I haven't heard THAT before.
A good study you can undertake is to study how much of an impact "A Christmas Carol" had on how Americans and Brits observe Christmas today. That and Clement Moore's "A Visit From St. Nick" were hugely popular works that shaped and molded the public mind and resurrected nearly dead mythological and pagan idea concerning that time of year.
Prior to this the observance of Christmas in American was generally frowned upon and even banned by Protestant Churches and even in the Catholic church it was considered a relatively minor holiday.
History.com has a rather enlightening series of articles on how modern day Christmas custoems and practices came about.
Thanks for your reply, Ebenezer.. :)
For us it is first of all: Christ-mas. We celebrate the birth of our Savior. And we also celebrate His resurrection from the dead. Read the Paschal homily of Saint John Chrysostom sometime for a classic.
We do this because Christ is God. Not one of two Gods in the God family, that we have days for one and not the other. Maybe that’s the difference.
BTW: can you tell me yet why circumcision is treated differently than holy days for you guys?