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FangsNfeet -> RE: Seasonal Depression (11/28/2007 8:17:18 PM)
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Religion really isn't a big role here. Long before Christianity, many if not all cultures and religions celebrated there own winter festivals. When Rome converted to Christianity, it simply converted all there pegan holidays to Christian ones. There Winter Festival was turned into Christmas. No one cared when Christ was really born. It just felt good to make that the time to celibrate his birth on earth. No matter what you belive, when winter hits, you'll think of something to stay happy.
If Easter fell during the winter time, I assure you that it would have more attention than Christmas. Homes, buildings, and such would be decorated with Easter Lights, Easter Trees, and so on. Like you said "In darkness, we need Christmas with an intensity we don't bring to Easter." It really does not matter what we celbrate. It just that "In Darkness" we tend to celebrate more than we would in light. After all, we have to clebrate more when it's dark to make the darkness become just as warm and filled with light as those festivals we have in spring time. It takes more work, so we do more work. That's all there is to it.
Some here have mention Light Therapy. Well, during the winter festivites, most of us light fires and enjoy decorative lights. We get closer together to stay warm. To help us all get along, we sing songs to set the mood and pass time. So in essence, we've been using Light and Music Therapy long before the study and treatment with light and music ever came to pass.
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