SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Grinch, John Studebaker, The Globe And Mail
17 Dec 2015
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Over many decades, the purpose of celebrating christmas has. What once was a christian holiday to signify the birth of jesus. Christ has turned into a national commercial event of gift giving, family gatherings and celebration. A survey has suggested that one in four. Americans believe christmas to be a cultural holiday as oppose to its true religious roots (pewresearchcenter, 2013). Although the religious aspect of christmas is still present, the non-religious traditions have come to grow and now blanket the christian origin of christmas (hartenstein, 1992). In canada, due to the dominant religion of. Christianity, christmas is viewed as a national holiday however, in a multicultural country like ours, this has caused a tremendous amount of discomfort as other religions and their respective holidays go undermined (hartenstein, 1992). To rectify the concerns, the wishing of merry christmas in public areas has been reformed to happy.
