Christmas is an excellent example. On this alleged “birth-date” of Jesus Christ, three kings brought gifts to Bethlehem for the son of their god. This made the holiday a spiritually gift-giving gathering for all Christians. Though this tradition developed from a much older pagan practice, Christian culture molded it to cater to the needs and expectations of its people. Therefore, Christmas practices, icons and artifacts tell us a lot about the society to which they belong.

Today, Christmas is celebrated when Santa Claus (a fictional character originating from St. Nicholas) leaves beautifully wrapped gifts under “Christmas (evergreen) trees” for behaved children (victims to religious conformity and

These are just a few examples of how religions produce holidays, which reflect morals/beliefs of societies, through the use of icons and artifacts. They are everywhere—the need merely to be identified/recognized. Ranging from Jesus Christ, to the Native American Rain God, icons can be seen everywhere. Similarly, artifacts range from the cross to the mask worn when performing the rain dance. They are just everywhere throughout history, and communicate so much information about the culture to which they belong.

This tradition, of parents lying to and bribing their children to keep them happy and sane through another boring religious holiday, tells me a whole lot about our society. It strongly resembles the way our government feeds us lies (via the media) and bribes us (with our very capitalist makeup, along with their prescription meds) to keep us sane and numb to the hopeless irony of our world. Yet, a few children, here and there, have the brai

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Native American, St Nick, Santa Claus’s, Jesus Christ, Roman Mythology, Artifacts Icons, Rain God, St Nicholas, Native Americans, Greeks Romans, icons artifacts, throughout history, native american, jesus christ,