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Christianity: Christmas Low‑importance

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A fact from Christmas gift appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 December 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that one-quarter of respondents to a 2016 survey of Europeans said they had re-gifted their Christmas presents to someone else?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2017/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christmas gift.

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A few remarks[edit]

This article is a good start, but i have a few remarks: - Martin Luther is the one who established the "modern" gift giving on christmas with the "Christkind", opposing the catholic cult tradition of saints. Till then, Saint Nicholas brought the gifts (as already mentioned). The story of Santa Claus is not a source for this tradition. - The gift giving on Christmas Eve is should also be included in the intro - The gift exchange on early January can be precised to Jan. 6, the day of the three magi. It is still common,e.g.eastern Europe. 91.137.96.17 (talk) 07:29, 22 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas Eve?[edit]

The article claims "It is custom for one to open a single gift on the evening of Christmas Eve." In what part of the world? I (in the UK) have never heard of this before. 2.24.116.221 (talk) 20:35, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In most of Europe, aside for UK, Ireland, Spain and Italy, gift giving is done on the 24th. Unless the English Wikipedia is only meant to reflect the native English speaking world, of which has gift giving on the 25th, it should probably mention this in the first section.

Liggliluff (talk) 11:29, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Spam?[edit]

To reduce returns some people are using a Christmas wish list that enables both experiential gifts and partial contributions to classes and 529 plans. Gift return rates go down to only 2% when wishers and givers are aligned. The 2% stands out, when compared to the 10% of US Retail purchases being returned this year. ^[1]

Is there a way to add the sentiment with out being so spammy? --evrik ^(talk) 14:18, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Christmas Wish List". DreamList. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

Possible Contradiction[edit]

The first sentence says that gifts are often exchanged either on 25th Dec. or 5th Jan. - doesn't mention any other dates (such as the 24th). This point is repeated in the third para of the History section. Then in the penult para of the History section we read that 24th Dec. has replaced 5th Dec. in most Western countries - no mention of the 25th. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.242.104 (talk) 10:07, 24 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tone issues[edit]

The part of the article discussing specific coefficients with branded gifts and then defending those who buy large amounts of gifts has an unencyclopedic tone. 2601:248:C203:81C0:F19E:E92F:51F2:2DD1 (talk) 13:17, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Christmas Wish List". DreamList. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

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