friends help: THIS IS HOW WE CELEBRATE OUR EID WHAT ABOUT YOUR CHRISTMAS? - Help.com

very interesting. thanks for sharing!

I know that Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son–but god sent an angel to stop him. Thus, why is there a sacrifice?

Thanks! That’s really nice to find out about! :)

Thanks for that MorningDew.. so many of us out west don’t know much of your traditions! I hope you have a great Eid.

Christmas is a celebration for us as well. Usually starting anytime in December, many people start decorating their homes and workplaces. We decorate with lights, ornaments, candies, popcorn strings and much more. It is traditional to have a tall Christmas tree that is decorated as well. Presents bought and recieved are placed under the tree and opened on either Christmas Eve, or Christmas day.

Family/friends are very important for Christmas, and many people will travel to friends/family homes for a feast. Food is usually ham or turkey with dressing or a combination of things. Ethnicity takes part in it as well. I am from a hispanic family and a traditional dish for my family is tamales. (Corn meal wrapped meat in red chili puree.)

Christmas historicaly is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Many churches have a service that focuses on the miracles of the Emmaculate Conception (when God gave the virgin Mary a child in womb) and birth. Churches sing praises and preach of happiness and peace. Many congregations have pageants (plays/musicals) about Christ.

Many people focus on charity this time of year. Many people volunteer time, or money and gifts to people less fortunate.

A big part of the holiday is gift giving. People exchange gifts to each other, to show kindness. Children especially are given gifts. The legendary Santa Claus who wears red and brings gifts to children late Christmas eve comes from the Turkish born Saint Nicolas. St. Nicolas was a bishop who was cheritable throughout his life. Stories of his giving spread through Europe and evolved from place to place. Santa Claus wears red as the bishop Nicolas wore red as well.

Christianity of course stretches out among many countries so Christmas is slightly different from area to area. Food is different, music and tradition as well. I hope I have represented at least to main aspects of Christmas.

Again thank you for sharing your festivities! It is nice to know that we aren’t too different. We all love a good party.

OKAY. Now I understand. Thanks for teaching me something new. Eid Mubarak, and Merry Christmas to you!!!

I thing that Muslims do a much better job caring out the traditions of their faith. It sounds like an amzing experience and I think that many of us can learn from other cultures about family. Rcky, although that is suppose to be what Christmas is about, the truth is most people don’t do those things. Thanks for sharing your faith with us. It is greatly appreciated. :)

Two histories, relatively similar cores. Interesting stories, thank you.

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I thing that Muslims do a much better job caring out the traditions of their faith. It sounds like an amzing experience and I think that many of us can learn from other cultures about family. Rcky, although that is suppose to be what Christmas is about, the truth is most people don’t do those things. Thanks for sharing your faith with us. It is greatly appreciated. :)

That is true. It has become so commercialized, but a lot of my family and friends still hold to those Christmas traditions.

Hmm, we never learned about Eid holidays in school! *stares accusingly at the Social Studies teachers* That’s a cool Muslim lesson.

I don’t know much about Muslim things. Thanks for posting this! I’m finally getting out of my clueless state! :P

That sounds soo cool, I bet its cool for you, but to us who have never seen or experienced it it sounds amazing. thanks for posting this. Happy Eid

This sounds fun and beautiful. I was using google to learn more. :)

thank you for taking the time to share… it sounds so exciting.. eid seems a bit more to it than our christmas… as christmas here is just one day of family getting together and such… what a wonderful expierence to have so many days with family and friends… i wish you a very happy eid and a happy new year to come…

Thank you for sharing your experience Murian! I had no idea. It is so nice to come home this evening and read about how you experience a celebration I knew very little about. After you had mentioned the greeting “Eid Mubarak” to me in my shout box I was curious and I had Googled to learn a bit more, but I like your description. What a wonderful way to learn about your holiday and through a great teacher such as yourself! :D

Sounds absolutely wonderful. I love the parts about sharing with everyone including the poor and less fortunate. I wish we’d remember to do that…it is so commercialized here but some of us still carry on traditions…

it’s all about love.

Excellent! We westerners need to realize that we’re really not all that different…i love the internet for bringing so many together so easily. take care.

the henna on women’s hands is so beautiful! i saw a lady a few months ago who had just gotten married and she still had the tattoos on her hands. it was so intricate and pretty!

Sounds wonderful. Thank-you for such a beautiful story. I have always wanted to get Henna designs.

Morningdew: thank you for your explanation of Muslim holidays.. It was very enlightening, and I’ve always been interested. Thank you again.

Hi again, Sheikha!

I’d like to hear more about your views on Islam. I am interested not only in what was written, but also in what was spoken through many generations. And in how that was verified by other sources. I cite myself, from a comment in another post:

“If you look at the Icelandic sagas, those were later verified by archeology and by other cultures. If you look at other spoken history, thousands of years old, they are verified many sources. By the Arabic writer Idrisi, by “De Administrando Imperio” (by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus), by the Primary Chronicle (Nestor Chronicle), by the Georgian Chronicle, by “Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum” (in the year 903, Ibn-Hurdadbi processed works from older writers, notably Ibn-al-Faki), by writers from the Far East (the cultures met again, through the Silk Route), and from runic inscriptions made by Vikings. Among others, not to mention works from ancient Greece writers.”

Thank you!
I have two sub-topics. The question is too long to put here.

Dubia-Safari… what is a proper Muslim greeting? I know Punjabi people have a saying that they greet each other with. Is there something that I would say that would be proper in greeting Muslim decent with? I would love to know!

I wish you a Happy “Western” New Year with many blessings!