@maestro wrote:
christmas has less to do with the birthday of this person than with the commercially overblown celebration that celebrates – if anything at all – commerciality itself now, our main figure is not that mythical guy, not even the Christkind ( which could be roughly translated as christian child or christ as child) anymore…instead the coca cola icon of Santa Clause and it’s red colour dominate everything and the whole festival is fully mutated into something totally different than anything remotely christian ( with all its negative connotations) – indeed it’s a holiday one can actually enjoy.
it is now more a party because there is a cause for a party…and that fits exactly to my standards
What maes said. 😉