Christmas traditions, explained | Origins of Christmas | EXPLORE MODE

[@DonnaBrooks]

Christmas traditions have combined & morphed throughout history. What we have now is a secular, commercialized Christmas that is consumer driven & has nothing to do with pagan rituals, Jesus, or even St. Nicholas. But Christianity has always taken existing music, festivals, etc. & made Christian versions of them. Some great hymns from Isaac Watts & others were based on well-known secular melodies. It was a way to make their message accessible to take music from popular tavern songs & put Christian lyrics to them for Christians to remember & sing. Today, businesses take recognized tunes & change the lyrics to market their products. People do it to create parody songs. The 12 Days of Christmas has been adapted numerous times with lyrics about modern life. My favorite is the Bob Rivers song, "The 12 Pains of Christmas!" It still makes me laugh as characters become increasingly frustrated & the song becomes increasingly chaotic with every verse. Deck the Halls is one of the few songs sung at Christmas that has always made reference to YULE.

[@maxviking3210]

The north santa and also our Jul goat has nothing to do with the saint or changing the saint to cover up a tradition as we became protestants. Our Santa is an old viking tradition and Santa is Odin (hens being big with a big beard). The goat as is popular in Germany is one of Tors goats. And the 8 rain deers was originally Odins horse that pulled his carriage and it had 8 legs. But interesting video :)

[@-luka-3972]

Great vid, I loved it ❤

[@chopsandarchie7015]

The Celts never lived in northern Europe. The first talk of folks from the western British Isles, inc Ireland, being Celts was in 1574 when a Tudor courtier with rubbish Latin knowledge penned the expression. The Roman referred to the Celts and they lived in southern France and around the Alps. DNS evidence confirms this now. It was the movement of Celtic ideas that spred, all the lads wanted a chariot and that fancy style jewellery went down well, to northern Europe. Merry Christmas one and all.

[@DonnaBrooks]

There are a number of "Christmas songs" that have nothing to do with Christmas, ancient or modern. Examples include Winter Wonderland, Frosty the Snowman, & one of my fave Christmas tunes, "Sleigh Ride." I've always loved instrumental performances of that song, & even more so when I got to play it in my high school band Christmas concert(s). (Tenor sax.). But the lyrics aren't about Christmas. They are about winter.

[@meltingstream3385]

This is so underrated!

[@-luka-3972]

So true

[@SuperheroJunior]

​@@-luka-3972 So many people are deceived 😢😢😢😢 During Jesus time here on Earth, Christmas was not celebrated by first century Christians.

[@Frank-vk3jq]

When was the second "christmas" celebration? Christ Jesus never celebrated his birthday!

[@poopoink3963]

All this work for a video and barley any views 😂

[@ExploreMode]

It be like that sometimes... Thanks for stopping by though!

[@DonnaBrooks]

And you're laughing so hard you have tears in your eyes? Are you some kind of psycho? Why is that funny? May you work hard all your life & never be noticed so we can all laugh until we cry at your effort.

[@giantmeatball5326]

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[@Blue_jellyfish143]

Lmao XD air hier, blue is clear by the way

[@giantmeatball5326]

@@Blue_jellyfish143 😂😂😂

[@randomwatermelon1]

Cool *t h e m o r e y o u k n o w*

[@ExploreMode]

Precisely... t h e m o r e y o u k n o w...

[@bagusdananjayaherowantara7255]

Forgive me, Santa Claus 🎅.

[@keithcaldwell9193]

Its funny how all through this video she explained and showed the true origins of Christmas and how pagan it is but then ends with saying "Happy Holidays" lol

[@DonnaBrooks]

Why is that funny?

[@biscuitdeguerrealt2271]

coucou les dnl

[@williamdogan1149]

I disagree. Coke-a-Cola invented the image we identify as Santa our Am. society today.

[@yoslowzy8170]

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