Commercialism - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 06 Dec 2020 22:53:26 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Commercialism - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 'Scandalous' first Christmas card up for sale https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/12/07/scandalous-christmas-card/ Mon, 07 Dec 2020 07:20:43 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=132978 The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale - a merry Victorian-era scene that scandalised some who denounced it as humbug when it first appeared in 1843. The card, being sold online starting Friday through a consortium run by Marvin Getman, a US-based dealer in rare books and manuscripts, depicts an English family Read more

‘Scandalous' first Christmas card up for sale... Read more]]> The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale - a merry Victorian-era scene that scandalised some who denounced it as humbug when it first appeared in 1843.

The card, being sold online starting Friday through a consortium run by Marvin Getman, a US-based dealer in rare books and manuscripts, depicts an English family toasting the recipient with glasses of red wine. Read more

‘Scandalous' first Christmas card up for sale]]> 132978 Church complains Christmas markets open too early https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/11/26/christmas-markets-open-too-early/ Mon, 26 Nov 2018 07:20:15 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=114079 Germany's Protestant Church has complainedd of the "merciless commercialisation" of Christmas and the early opening of festive markets in some cities. "What remains of the rhythm of life, the rhythm of the liturgical year, when everything is available all the time and thus arbitrary?" said a spokeswoman of the Evangelical Church in Germany. Continue reading

Church complains Christmas markets open too early... Read more]]> Germany's Protestant Church has complainedd of the "merciless commercialisation" of Christmas and the early opening of festive markets in some cities.

"What remains of the rhythm of life, the rhythm of the liturgical year, when everything is available all the time and thus arbitrary?" said a spokeswoman of the Evangelical Church in Germany. Continue reading

Church complains Christmas markets open too early]]> 114079 8 ways Catholics can reclaim Valentine's Day https://cathnews.co.nz/2017/02/20/reclaim-valentines-day/ Mon, 20 Feb 2017 07:20:06 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=90997 Are you tired of the commercialism that has ravaged the true meaning of Christmas, Easter, Saint Patrick's Day, and other ideally sacred days? Speaking of Saint Patrick's Day, doesn't Saint Valentine's Day have a similarly better ring to it? How ironic that, although Saint Valentine opposed the pagan Roman practices, a particular neo-paganism has taken over Read more

8 ways Catholics can reclaim Valentine's Day... Read more]]> Are you tired of the commercialism that has ravaged the true meaning of Christmas, Easter, Saint Patrick's Day, and other ideally sacred days?

Speaking of Saint Patrick's Day, doesn't Saint Valentine's Day have a similarly better ring to it?

How ironic that, although Saint Valentine opposed the pagan Roman practices, a particular neo-paganism has taken over in modern times. Read more

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