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Originally posted by MonkeyMan
Because Christmas has been secularized by western culture. It's no longer really associated with Jesus' birth.
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it wasnt about the birth of Christ ahyways. they made that up as an excuee to celebrate something.
Santa Claus comes from a Dutch annually celebrated day, 6 December - Sint Nicolas or Sinterklaas. the two are really similar. The Dutch on Manhattan (former colony of the Dutch) celebrated it every year, and after some time Coca Cola started using a lookalike for their promotion.
Jesus' birth was juet an excuse to celebrate it. We dont even know what year he was born.