Originally Posted by
CavSct1983
That's not true unless you give birthday gifts randomly also, anniversary gifts when it's not an anniversary (well, unless you celebrate the 3rd week anniversary of the time insignificant event X occurred, like a 15 year old with puppy love [it's the 3rd week anniversary of the time we went to IHOP for the first time!! *gush gush/fluttering eyelids*]), condolence cards for deaths when no one has died [ On this 7 month and 3 day anniversary of Jimmy's death, I send my condolences"... wut?], random giant spreads of Turkey, etc. when it's not Thanksgiving, etc. There is no problem with giving anyone anything at any time of the year, but the practice of giving gifts at Christmas stems from the tradition of the Wise Men giving the gifts which prefigured the life of Christ (Gold for Kingship, Frankincense for Priesthood, Myrrh for Crucifixion/body preparation). However, the fact remains that it's absurd to celebrate something before its appointed time, as it denigrates the appointed time. Your objection is thus a strawman, as no one said anything about gift-giving per se (for example, St. Nicholas day, kids traditionally get little chocolate coins placed in their shoes; on other Feast days of particular saints, and/or of those associated with Our Lord, other things occur including gifts -- on 7 October, it's common to have croissants to celebrate the victory of the Holy Roman Empire over the Ottoman Turks at Lepanto in honor of the victory, which was indeed religious in nature). Please don't mistake my reply. I'm not trying to bash you over the head, it's just absurd to say "this good thing isn't dictated to me by a calendar" when every cyclically celebrated good thing is dictated by a calendar, including secular things.
