Here are my 4 major reasons for not celebrating Christmas
Jesus wasn't born on or near December 25
Most experts agree that December 25 has nothing to do with His birth. The first reason why Christ could not have been born in December is found in a fact mentioned by Luke relating to those shepherds who were "living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night" (Luke 2:8). There is no way any shepherd would be found keeping his flocks outside at night in the kind of weather (very cold and rainy) that is know to exist in and around Bethlehem in December. Such weather argues strongly against the birth of our Lord on December 25, as the weather would have prevented the shepherds to be out in the fields attending their flocks
Christmas is not mentioned in the whole New Testament
No where in the whole New Testament do we have a single recorded instance of Christians celebrating the birth of Christ on December 25, or on any other date. Yet the New Testament does mention several details about His birth. More importantly, there is no command by our Lord or our heavenly Father to celebrate His birth. While it is true that celebrating the birth of Christ is not condemned in the Bible, but the absence of any recorded instance of such celebration in the New Testament should not be overlooked or ignored. In addition, it is a proven fact that the early Christian church did not celebrate the birth of Christ on Dec 25 or on any other date
Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the church ... the first evidence of the feast is from Egypt." (Catholic Encyclopaedia 1911 edition)
Christmas is a PAGAN festival and has nothing to do with Christianity
The 25th December was anciently celebrated as the birthday of the invincible SUN god, (variously know as Tammuz, Mithra, Saturn, Adonis or BAAL) long before our Lord was born in Bethlehem. It is interesting to note how December 25 became the birth date of Christ. Historians Gerard and Patricia Del Re state the following :
Christmas is a Roman Catholic institution: sufficient reason to reject itThe festivals of Rome are innumerable; but five of the most important may be singled out for elucidation -viz., Christmas-day, Lady-day, Easter, the nativity of St. John, and the Feast of the Assumption. Each and all of these can be proved to be Babylonian." (The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hyslop, page 91)Within the Christian Church no such festival as Christmas was ever heard of till the third century, and that not till the fourth century was far advanced did it gain much observance. How, then, did the Roman Church fix on December 25th as Christmas-day?
Why, thus: Long before the fourth century, and long before the Christian era itself, a festival was celebrated among the heathen, at that precise time of the year, in honour of the birth of the son of the Babylonian queen of heaven; and it may fairly be presumed that in order to conciliate the heathen, and to swell the number of the nominal adherents of Christianity, the same festival was adopted by the Roman Church, giving it only the name of Christ. This tendency on the part of the Christians to meet Paganism half-way was very early developed ... Upright men strove to stem the tide, but in spite of all their efforts, the apostasy went on, till the Church, with the exception of a small remnant, was submerged under Pagan superstition. That Christmas was originally a Pagan festival, is beyond all doubt. The time of the year, the ceremonies with which it is still celebrated, prove its origin. In Egypt, the son of Isis, the Egyptian title for the queen of heaven, was born at this very time, 'about the time of the winter solstice.'" (Ibid. page
The tradition of celebrating December 25 as Christ's birthday came to the Romans from Persia. Mithra, the Persian god of light and sacred contracts, was born out of a rock on December 25. Rome was famous for its flirtations with strange gods and cults, and in the third century the unchristian emperor Aurelian established the festival of Dies Invicti Solis, the Day of the Invincible Sun, on December 25
Mithra was an embodiment of the sun, so this period of its rebirth was a major day in Mithraism, which had become Rome's latest official religion . . . It is believed that the emperor Constantine adhered to Mithraism up to the time of his conversion to Christianity. He was probably instrumental in seeing that the major feast of his old religion was carried over to his new faith" (The Christmas Almanac, 1979, p. 17)
The pagan origin of Christmas can be further seen with the many customs associated with it--Christmas lights and candles, Santa Claus, Santa’s Elves, The Christmas tree, Holly and Ivy and Mistletoe and the Yule log. These traditions have nothing to do with the birth of our Lord, but have their origin in ancient pagan festivalsSo think for yourself , Christians who say they follow Bible even Protestants and also those who read this article. You shall know the truth and this is it !!!!!
Only believe in what the bible says not the tradition, if not ready to face God's judgement. Don't make my Jesus as idol and teach false doctrines about him. He didn't ask you to celebrate his birthday but live and follow his word. He is not human to be celebrated but God !!!
