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Christmas is a TIME for celebrations
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Posted by: angelofthelord
Is Christmas a pagan holiday? Do you know that many Christians say we should NOT celebrate Christmas. Every year at this time, I
tend to get emails that read like 40 page doctrinal dissertations on
why a Christian should NOT celebrate Christmas. They make very good
arguments about the pagan celebrations at this time of year, the evils of
the Christmas tree, lying to children about Santa Claus, how Jesus was not
born on December 25th, and many other reasons why a Christian should not
celebrate Christmas. To those people I have only one thing to say....BAH
HUMBUG! 
If you are led to not celebrate the birth of our Lord and want
to miss that is up to you. Sadly, your misguided legalism has stolen your
joy.
Listen, everyone understands that Jesus was not born on December 25th, but
according to most scholars, sometime in September. I have yet to meet
anyone that worshipped their Christmas tree, only decorated it. If you are
old enough to be able to read this, you are old enough to know that there is
no Santa Claus. And yes, there are many pagan celebrations that occur at
this time of the year, and the Bible does not have the word Christmas in it.
However, there is only ONE REASON that we celebrate Christmas and that is to
celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
Christians SHOULD celebrate the birth of Jesus! It is right and good that
we take time each year to remember that blessed event. It was foretold by
the prophets of old. It is a well documented historical event chronicled in
the Gospels and supported by the historians of that day. After His death
and resurrection, it is easily the GREATEST EVENT IN HUMAN HISTORY!
Think about it. God Himself, the Creator of the heavens and earth, came to
this earth as a mere man to live with His creation. He came as a baby, born
of a virgin in a humble manger in an obscure little town. He would grow up
to die on a cross as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all mankind.
Three days after His death, God would raise Him from the dead as a sign to
this lost and unbelieving world that He was exactly who He claimed to
be...the SON OF GOD! His life would literally transform the lives of every
man, woman, and child for the rest of human history!!!
THAT is why we celebrate Christmas. THAT is why as Christians, we SHOULD
celebrate Christmas!!! 
I realize that people who say not to
celebrate Christmas mean well, and are trying to live their lives in a way
pleasing and acceptable to God. Sadly, they are missing the great joy of
this time of year. I know they are well intentioned and many of the things
they point out about Christmas are true, but they have missed the point of
Christmas. Christmas is about only one thing, celebrating the birth of
Jesus. It is one of those times of the year that we gather with family and
friends and share our faith in Christ. That alone is a great reason we
should be celebrating Christmas.
Christmas is also VERY BIBLICAL. Luke chapter 2 gives us the account of His
birth. That was the very first Christmas. Of course Mary was there, as was
Joseph. We also read about several shepherds that God spoke to who were
part of that first Christmas. Now, some 2,000 years later, we will set
aside time in the coming days to do what they did at that first
Christmas...to celebrate the birth of Jesus!
Never forget what Christmas is really about, and
why we celebrate this holiday. Of course, anything that the world gets
involved with becomes perverted. The world has taken this sacred time of
the year and turned it into a time of commerce. We must never allow
ourselves to get so caught up in the parties, the gifts, the food, and all
of the other things associated with the Christmas season to forget what it
is about....a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. THAT is what Christmas
is really about, and THAT is why as Christians, we SHOULD celebrate this
wonderful event!!!
Posted by: Rachel R
I am with you!
Why shouldn't we celebrate and give Jesus a birthday party?
Just because pagan's got mixed up in it doesn't mean it isn't ours.
It is ours because Jesus is ours. We are his and we want to celebrate his birth.
I am SO glad that Mary said 'yes'!
I am SO glad that Joseph did the right thing!
I am SO glad that the story is retold in new ways every year.
The pagans can want it, but they can't have it.
Christmas is OURS!
Rachel R