Comments on: “Merry Christmas” In Iran

By: Shahrazad (Iran)

Shahrazad (Iran) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:11:26 +0000

Tee, thank you dear. See how you inspired me with your wonderful sentence.

Raffi, There are many more sects in Christianity just like Islam. It’s just like when muslims say X Islamic school of thought for their different secs. So who is the school here then?

By: Raffi

Raffi — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:26:27 +0000

Dear Shahrazad, kindly re-phrase the word sect when you are referring to the Armenian Church. Some people will misunderstand the word. The name is Armenian Apostolic Church. If Armenians are a sect then who is a church??? lol

By: Tee

Tee — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:08:18 +0000

Wonderful!

Before anything else, Salaam and Merry Christmas to all : ) I wish you a great time with your family and friends.

I learned so much Shahrazad! I didn’t know Iranian Christians celebrated Christmas on the 6th of January! I knew some Christian sects in Lebanon do so as they believe January 6th to be the day Jesus was baptized, however I do not know much of the history behind the dates and I could wrong! What I do remember from conversations with Christian friends is that the birth of Jesus was not celebrated until some time after Christianity was founded,and so no one knows exactly when he was born.

As you mentioned in your beautiful article, to celebrate this day with remembering the less unfortunate, helping others, being kind and respectful to each other and implementing the teachings of Jesus is what will strengthen its spirit and truly make it a holy day.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading and looking forward to more!

All the best,
xoxoxo
Tee

By: Shahrazad (Iran)

Shahrazad (Iran) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:35:41 +0000

elinor, you made good point i think. Our people are getting so hypocrite as i mentioned.
And i am one of them who get harassed from both irreligious and religious ones. Ghiyafeye ghalat andaz..

By: elinor(Iran)

elinor(Iran) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:44:54 +0000

Shahrazad, the students of today are either more used to the situation, or they have learnt to deal with them, they are not as much scared, the whole thing has turned to be a game and this is a game every one is aware of, a game of pretending to be religious to please, to gain, to stay safe, to seek a position, and if there is truely some one religious, believe me they are harrassed, the poor real religious ones, because of the deeds of the like-minded society of theirs!

By: Shahrazad (Iran)

Shahrazad (Iran) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:24:06 +0000

Awww, my white sneakerssssssssss. I could not wear them at school. I remember once i got punished to stay out of class bcs my nails were shiny and the idiot principle thought they’re nail-polished. Good bad old days.. You know!

Yes, changes are inevitable, though i do think every revolution brings extremist days with itself. Even irreligious ones. And after sometime everything again will get more free.
Now, students live in heaven in compare of our era.

By: elinor(Iran)

elinor(Iran) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:29:44 +0000

Shahrazad,
I remember when we( girls) were called ( bad names) in the school for wearing white tennis shoes, white socks were out of question! I guess the smelly socked finally changed the ideas about kids wearing socks that were not white, believe me, if it was in their power they would have decided on the color of the night gowns, hehe, well they do change, I hope they hurry up a bit though, before the end of this new century haha just joking, the change is inevitable, Amen

By: Shahrazad (Iran)

Shahrazad (Iran) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:57:28 +0000

Elinor, WOW. i didnt know that. It’s good news that they’ve celebrated christmas in Iranian schools along with Iranian christians. Also i am glad for Iraq. I remember when i was at school, we were not even allowed to wear white socks!! lol

Every extremism finally gets to be more moderate though. Even if this extremism in Iran, just has made people to act so hypocritically. Outside somebody and inside houses somebody else..

Merry christmas and Hanukah to you and all too.

By: elinor(Iran)

elinor(Iran) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:08:14 +0000

Hi Shahrazad,
Merry Christmas!
It was amazing for me to see a group of little kids in a government primary school perfrom today. The played the flute and sprinckles a the scent of the Christmas and New Year into the schoolyard, where little girls stood in lines, all veiled and all in blue longsleeved uniforms.
In many countries of the world Christmas is celebrated and the birth of Jesus is respected, at least if not as Christians, but at least as a teaher of high ethical values, forgiveness and peace.
SOme time back, even in the bilingual kindergartens in the capital, Tehran, celebrating Christmas and Halowwen was banned through a direct order of the corresponding authorities as a reflection of Western culture. Somehow, the New Year fever and the market of gifts and cards and this little world that shares more and more every moment, all made it possible for our people who usually don;t know what they do is finally approved by the government and authorities or it is not, to share with the Christians of their country and the Christians of the world and pay their due respect in the Eve of their sacred day.
The same applies to Hanuka, which is much more obscure within the borders of our land, the land which had been and is still the home of its Jewish community for more than 25 centuries.
It was a pleasure viewing the Muslim and Christian children of Iraq in their schools with their thin Santa and their Muslim instructors, the celemoneis that made the followers of fierrent religions celebrate together, and I wish that this honest and respectful behavior in the war-torn Iraq, from the children of this beautiful country inspire the rest of our Middle East
Amen
meery Christmas Christians of Middle East and The world! Happy Hanuka Jewish people of Middle East and the World!