Mostly although my dates are somewhat off as it was the mid 1800's not late 1800's and it was the Protestants who were still opposing Christmas not the Catholics.
While the Catholic church did have a Christ Mas (Feast of Christ) in it's liturgical calendar the practice of it was very different from what we would associate with Christmas and during the Middle Ages the Catholic church actively discouraged the traditions that we typically associate with the Holiday today (Decorated Trees, Gift Giving, etc.) as they were really Pagan in origin.
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Date: 8/12/10 20:23 (UTC)Mostly although my dates are somewhat off as it was the mid 1800's not late 1800's and it was the Protestants who were still opposing Christmas not the Catholics.
While the Catholic church did have a Christ Mas (Feast of Christ) in it's liturgical calendar the practice of it was very different from what we would associate with Christmas and during the Middle Ages the Catholic church actively discouraged the traditions that we typically associate with the Holiday today (Decorated Trees, Gift Giving, etc.) as they were really Pagan in origin.