Santa Reindeer
Does anyone have Santa/reindeer 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' interactive?
rooftop Santa and reindeer, when you click on them they each have a different musical sound
www.funnyxd.com/game/188/We_Wish_You_A_Merry_Christmas/
Santa Reindeer
What does Reindeer, Santa Clause, Elves, lights and the Christmas tree have to do with the birth of Jesus?
I've wondered that for awhile now. I know most everyone celebrates as a family tradition but when it comes down to it, what does all of that have to do with Jesus Christ?
Thank you everyone for your answers =)
Santa Clause, also known as Saint Nicholas, was a worshiper of Christ who believed that one of the best ways to show your love for fellow man was to give away. He gave poor brides their dowries and poor children nuts and fruits and candies, sometimes clothes, to help them out. The spirit of Saint Nicholas, the idea of giving without any thought of what you receive and to help others, is very much in connection with Christ.
Reindeer was used in "The Night Before Christmas" as his form of travel, although there's no real reason to believe in reindeer. In the American West, for instance, he was usually seen on a buckboard with horses or on horseback.
Elves, like Santa, were connected with doing good deeds with no one seeing who did it. The shoemaker and the elves for instance. It's that same spirit of giving with no consideration of what you will receive, doing it anonymously and with only good wishes for the person.
Christ is known as the light of the world, and the old story of Babooska (sp) says that when you place a light in the window you are inviting people to come and share your hospitality. The later traditions of putting strings of lights up came about more after the electrical light was made and people began stringing them up for holidays and fun times. It became limited more to Christmas because of the cost of electricity. Here's a fun fact. When they first started making strings of Christmas lights, they gave electricity away for FREE for them! My parents remember that. It was like after WWII. 
That made it far more of an American Tradition to light up your house than anything else. On a plus note, unlike other countries, America doesn't normally set off fireworks for Christmas anymore.
The Christmas tree is a more complicated symbol. Martin Luther is credited for bringing it from the Germanic tribes, where they used the tree as a symbol of continued life through the winter. Since Christ is the symbol of eternal life, it was a simple symbol to convert for Christians. Druids may have also had something to do with it since early Saints in Scotland were often also druids (they didn't see any contradiction in the religions) and druidic celebrations often centered around trees. The red glass balls are most associated with a celebration early Christians did to act out the Garden of Eden (hanging apples on the trees.) The star of course is the star of Bethlehem. The lights being the heavens. The candy cane is connected to the tradition of a J or shepherd's hook (Jesus or the great shepherd) flavored with peppermint (I was told it has something to do with one of the flavors mentioned in the bible, but I'm not sure about this one) and with red and white stripes to represent the blood of Christ and how it washes you white as snow (bible reference.) Some of the older factories even take the time to make 3 smaller stripes and then a large stripe for God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, then as 'one'. On a traditional tree usually are foods to eat more than decorations, though these days it's more decorations.
I hope this helps some. There are some traditions that have nothing to do with Christ (the strings of lights for instance. A candle in the window works much better, but it's America, we overdo it.) But many of the symbols do have Christian meanings that people forget or credit Pagan meanings for them. What matters is the meaning the person has when they use them.
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