High School Christmas Persuasive Speech

So here we go again another year and another Christmas. But as everyone knows today we have a constant battle over the holiday as it is. So let's look at what we really have as per this so-called religious holiday and its relationship with humanity. Now it is claimed in Scripture that a woman became pregnant by a certain person or being out of wedlock, but a very compassionate and loving man marries her anyway. Then the baby is born and its mother and father (stepfather) live in a town called Nazareth in which the rest of the story unfolds. Now this is a good story and is the beginning of the first Christmas as preached, so how can we justify Christmas as is celebrated today. Well let's look at things a little different this time and see if
Now today it is claimed that we also can celebrate the baby by doing the same thing. We can buy expensive things and travel long or short distances to give them to that special someone. So what's the big deal the wise man did the same thing. Then we have those special shopping days in which the stores fight for your business hoping to gain more profit, and increase their consumer base in the long run. How is this any different than the religions of the world fighting and killing and threatening the populace as per on death remain in a place called hell for all eternity, all in the name of each one's God. Sound like shopping to me, stores just like religions all trying to get more customers to increase their profit margins. So what's the problem, Christmas seems to exemplify business and religion. Then we have all of those bargains, this is the great tragedy of Christmas, people using Christmas as nothing more than getting stuff cheap and don't feel guilty about it either. Sort of taken advantage of the stores; right! Now we can see that this has nothing to do with Christmas at all don't you think? But let us now look at it this