Christianity Essay Christianity as a whole has many different holidays and "days of obligation", from The Sabbath, which occurs every seven days, to holidays like Christmas and Easter which are observed only once a year. Christmas is probably the most note able of all these. Not only is it observed by the Christians but it has become so ingrained in modern American society it is expected by all to receive a "Christmas break" in late …showed first 75 words of 932 total…

…showed last 75 words of 932 total…two days of the week. The embedding of this Christian holiday goes back much further than the modern celebration of Christmas, thus its traits are much more subtle and harder to spot. In Christianity, the Sabbath and Christmas both play important roles in the lifestyle of the individual and both affect non Christians greatly. To find the traces of society's reliance on these observances in a country dominated by Christianity, one has but to understand.