Blind Tradition

Some Things Associated with Christmas...

Christmas Tree
Mistletoe
Large random bows
Ornaments
Snowmen/Snowwomen
Gift giving
Lights on the tree/yard/acting as fake ice sickles
The Colors Green and Red
Not showering (maybe just college students and the Davis family)

97% of Americans have no clue why these things have anything to do with Christmas. I am one of those (minus the gift-giving concept).

98% of Americans have probably never even wondered why we do these things or questioned why they don't know why.

It's scary how tradition and expectation is enough to get us to do anything.



P.S. I wonder if any of these traditions existed before 1850-ish. I guess after thousands of years, we finally realized the idea of celebrating God humbling himself and becoming a man to fix everything that is wrong with us and our world was getting old and needed to be spiced up a bit.