Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 418847)

You know, kind of like Jesus was born in April but centuries later the church decided to celebrate his birthday around the winter solstice to compete with pagan religions celebrating at that time of year.



Did you know that Jesus and Santa never even met??



Also, Santa's suit is only red because the Coca-Cola logo is red, and Rudolph was a Montgomery Ward ad campaign. Look it up. Good thing no one else has ever tried to make money off of holidays, right?


Yes, Kwanzaa is completely fabricated and bastardized from a bunch of different sources that have no real connection to each other. And the only way it is any different from other holiday "traditions" is it was made up relatively recently in 1966. Give it another couple hundred years, and people will be bitching about some newfangled holiday that doesn't have nearly the gravitas and importance of, say, Kwanzaa.