Is it Christmas? Is it a break? It's "Christmas Break."
Or maybe,
just maybe, it started out because the semester was coming to an end, and because it was winter time and difficult for children to get to school right in the midst of all of the snow storms, and lo and behold! Christmas! What a coincidence! But it's so true--there is no proof that it started BECAUSE of Christmas. It probably obtained the name Christmas break after a while because Christmas fell right there. And seriously,
let's not forget the New Year.
I'm on Winter Break right now. My finals are over and I don't start up a new semester until January. MAYBE WINTER BREAK STARTED WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ACTUALLY GET A BREAK BETWEEN SEMESTERS AND TRICKLED DOWN TO HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY. Maybe.
They obviously don't have a problem with having a "Thanksgiving break." I don't see why they should have a problem with "Christmas break."
Because Thanksgiving is a holiday to be thankful, specifically, for all that one has. It is an
American founded holiday. It has nothing to do with religion. And therefore cannot come up properly in a
religious debate. Am I right?
Of course it is. Celebrating the Incarnation is eminent religious truth.
So I'm just going to have to take a wild stab at this one and say "This is probably what HH meant when he said that he doesn't appreciate people trying to shove their ignorant beliefs on him"
I'm not saying that you are ignorant to believe this. I'm not saying that you're even wrong. But what you're doing right here is telling
everyone on this thread, without a single care to what they believe in, that
of course Christmas is truth! Of course it is! Because Jesus was
obviously born on Christmas! And Jesus is the
ultimate truth.
If you believe this, then that's great. Truly, I'm happy for you and your great faith. But that doesn't mean that this is truth for others and it doesn't make it fact to anyone but you, because it's your opinion.
Nice try, though.
christmas lasts only one day.
(according to "the" calander)
every day of the winter break is winter.
Well said =D
No, it isn't. The break has always been due to Christmas. If it were due to winter, the break would last a quarter of the calendar year. If some don't celebrate Christmas, then that's too bad for them!
Alright. Give me some hard proof, some actually researched hard proof that the break started
because of Christmas. If you can do that, with sources and everything, then I will believe you.
But until that time I suggest that you stop trying to pretend like you know everything. Did you make the school system here in the US? Are you the one who
invented "Christmas Break"? That's the only way I'll take your word 100%.