After seeing my neighbors put up their 'christmas lights', hearing about people putting up their 'christmas trees', and seeing the results of the poll, I decided that it was about time I started writing up my post on the subject of christmas. 
While this may be a touchy subject, I think that it needs to be addressed. We as Christians must go back to God's Word, and examine the things we do by Scripture to see whether they are of God.
The question of the poll was, 'Should Christians Celebrate Christmas?' 46 votes were for Yes! and 26 for No!.
As many might have guessed by now, our family does not celebrate christmas, nor has now for some time. We used to, yes, until we discovered its pagan roots and practices. We have actually been preached at for not celebrating this so-called Christian holiday.
The very name of "Christmas" is unScriptural! It is clearly a combination of words meaning "Christ's Mass" or "The mass of Christ". There is nothing in the Word of God that even hints at such a term. It immediately reveals its link to the Roman Catholic church. We're not commanded to remember his birth, but we are commanded to remember his death.
I have heard this phrase many times:: Let's keep Christ In Christmas
My impression of it is that it's kind of hard to keep Christ in christmas when He was never there to begin with, since christmas is a pagan holiday with pagan roots, I don't think the Lord would be, or would want to be, associated with it.
Why would we, as Christians, want to participate in something that the rest of the heathen, ungodly people of the world participate in? We are clearly taught from Scripture to "Learn not the way of the heathen" and not to be "unequally yoked together with unbelievers". Participating in a holiday that the rest of the world also participates in is certainly yoking ourselves up with unbelievers! All the God-hating, Christ-denying, and sin-loving pagans get excited about this day.
Jeremiah 10:3-4 seems to sum up the 'christmas tree' pretty good, wouldn't you say?
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Nowhere is 'christmas' taught in the Bible to be observed. It is not part of the "faith which 
was once delivered unto the saints" nor is it Apostolic doctrine! The Bible teaches that we are to flee fornication, idolatry, and covetousness. We are not to love the things of this world, nor are we to to be like this world, but the 'christmas spirit' promotes all these sinful things that the Lord commands us to abstain from! It was not celebrated by Jesus himself, the apostles, or the early church.
We're commanded to worship God "in spirit and in truth". What, exactly, is true about christmas other than Jesus was born into a body of flesh? There were no wise men at His birth, there were no presents given to 'honor the birth of Christ', there were no decorated trees, no flashing 'christmas' lights, no holly hanging over the door, no wreaths, no one maxing out their credit cards to fulfill the lusts of their flesh, no one teaching their children to be covetous, nor was there anyone 'making out a christmas list' of things they want!!!
It is clear that the origins of christmas are from an ungodly source. We are commanded to "try the spirits" to see whether they are of God, and to "prove all things" and "hold fast to that which is good". Christmas is a conglomeration of heathen customs and practices that have been 'Christianized' by man, not God. There's plenty of information out there on the origins of christmas for those truly interested.
I have also heard that, depending on what you make out of it, the origins of christmas can be overridden. The Scripture is clear on this issue as well:
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Matthew 6:24)
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. (1 Corinthians 10:21)
Some might say that a Christian can celebrate christmas in a proper Christian way, but is there really a Christian way to celebrate a pagan holiday? No, for it is not of God. We are supposed to 'come out from among them, and be ye separate' and to be a 'peculiar people, zealous of good works'. Are we separating ourselves and being a peculiar people if we celebrate the same worldly holidays that the rest of the heathens and ungodly people do? No, absolutely not!
My heart is saddened as I look around and see so many Christians deceived into believing that christmas is Biblical. So many that fall into the trap that Satan has so cleverly laid for them.
We received a book catalog in the mail today, and I browsed through it checking to see if there were any good books. I came across a book with this title "We Believe In Christmas"… The description? "Help your 4- to 7-year-olds understand and honor the origins and meaning of Christmas!" So, now we're teaching the children to honor the pagan origins of an ungodly holiday? Created by man, celebrated by the world, pagan Roman Catholic traditions! Why, oh why, are countless Christians caught up in it?
We must separate ourselves from world and it's heathen ways. We must return to the truth of God's Word! We must not imitate the world but Christ in all things, for if we deceive ourselves now, the price will be eternal.
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#1 by Miss Jocelyn on Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 9:47 PM
You're so right Lacy. My family agrees with you. We haven't really celebrated Christmas or the traditions in years, though grandparents still do get us gifts… However, this year we decided whatever money they want to spend on us it can to a single mother in need.
Also, the point you made about remembering his death and not his birth is excellent. I was looking at Facebook groups on Christmas and found one by pagans that gave the complete historical info on this holiday. They accused the Catholic church of stealing their original holiday and want to take back Christmas to it's original roots. I agree. Anyone say Christmas is in an insult to Christ and has nothing to do with him. It's not about remembering Christ's birth. It's about following traditions. that's all.
I may link you if I do a post on Christmas. : )
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#2 by Debylin on Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 11:32 AM
Very well put Lacy. I think the hardest for me this time of year is to see others who call themselves christians participate in this holiday. Where I work everyone says they are christian and all are so excited about christmas. They know I don't celebrate it and it has offended them. They don't understand even when I try to explain it to them. Thier flesh is indeed in control. So I take a deep breath and pray for wisdom and look forward for it to be all over! Someday soon I won't have to work anymore and be put in the position of having to see it upclose and personal.
Blessings Debylin
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I recognize that this is an older post, but I was moved to comment anyway.
I do not celebrate Christmas for the same reasons listed above. But I find it interesting that "the hardest part [for you]… is to see others who call themsevles christians." This sounds like very un-christian judgment to me. Let us not forget John 8:7. At least they are bothering to remember Christ at all. That is the important thing.
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#3 by Kelly on Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 3:16 PM
I agree. We still "celebrate" Christmas because my husband prefers to keep in his childhood tradition, but we celebrate it like a mixture between a birthday and thanksgiving. Perhaps a bit hypocritical of us, but my husband wishes to still celebrate some parts of it as family celebration so we do. We put up a tree because it looks nice, we give gifts like on birthdays (though not many), and eat a family dinner together. I do decorate because I like decorating and do for every season (with snowmen and holly, that sort of stuff), but we do not celebrate it as a Christian holiday because it is not. If you look at the Bible and see what the shepherds were doing when Jesus was born you will see that their actions show it probably wasn't even in the winter time that Jesus was born. I had to write a paper about the history of Christmas for school a few years back, the information is out there and easily available. If people are willing to research they will see that Christmas is not a Christian holiday anymore than Valentine's Day is.
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#4 by Sisterlisa on Monday, December 1, 2008 - 12:03 AM
Hello Lacy. I don't know which book you are referring to, but I have heard so many Christians who have created their own description of Christmas and that in their minds, the origin has been about Christ. Although we know the origins are pagan, many Christians have created their own idea of the origins.
The fact of the matter is that most Christians have taken Christmas as a Holy Day to observe their Saviour's birth and even though it has pagan origins they refuse to accept it as that.
It took me many years to accept those facts. Yet in my home I am not the only adult and I must defer to my husband. But I know we are all growing closer to the Lord as we continue to eliminate the secular form of Christmas out of our lives. It took a couple of years to completely give up Halloween and now we don't acknowledge it at all.
We can all pray for one another as we come to the knowledge that Christ has given us over issues like this. Some will reject these facts, while others will take heed. We can keep planting the seeds of truth and one day they will take root.
I'm sure you will like the articles we are publishing tonight on GGM.
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#5 by Charlene on Monday, December 1, 2008 - 1:20 AM
Hi, I found you through a link that Miss Jocelyn had posted. I wanted to say that you wrote a very wonderful article! This is actually my first year of deciding to have a willing heart and to give up anything that offends God. I researched Christmas and it's origins recently and wrote an article on it on agministries.org. I also threw out my Christmas tree this year.
It also amazes me how offended and hardened that Christians will get about Christmas. I mean, Halloween is bad enough as it is but Christians will have a riot if we tell them that Christmas is not Godly. I believe that as we are Christians and draw closer to God, we are to have a willing and obedient spirit. God will 'pluck' away ungodly things from our lives and mold us according to his will.
I love seeing a young girl like you that has a heart for the Lord. That's a hard find these things. I applaud you
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#6 by Anonymous seekeryoucanreach on Monday, December 1, 2008 - 2:45 AM
Thank you for this post. I am one of a big family of friends and relatives and the only one in the midst who would like NOT to HAVE TO "celebrate" Christmas. Each year, as now, I dread it all. The arguments begin long before the dreaded occasion as to which in-laws will be "getting" which kids for Christmas morning – which set of family and friends is most deserving of their/our presence, who should or shouldn't be invited and what presents must or must not be bought. Then there are those who, in spite of material lacking, extend themselves over the limit to produce a "perfect Christmas". Extending debt which runs into the middle of the next year inspite of other pressing commitments such as school fees and so on. Then there are those who suicide or are inclined as I have been – to want to suicide at this time. The overwhelming frenzy to get, get, get and have, have, have is bleated out through every conceivable source of media and advertising. Our conciences for the poor and deprived which ought to be pricked all year round – are hammered at this time – not for the sake of the Lord – but more for the "sake of Christmas" and perhaps also for the companies and corporates who profit greatly at this time. All prices of goods go up at this time and corporates make HUGE profits before "giving" huge discounts at sales in January of the next year. The evidence of evil is overwhelming and this "holiday" is not of God. Yet over and over – there is this message of "bring Christ back into Christmas"…
I don't know how to tell those who I love that "Christ is/was NOT in Christmas" and if I open my mouth – I am deemed to be poor-spirited like the old man in the ghost of Christmas passed "humbug…" It's not the case – but love is so scarce in my heart for all of this Christmas stuff – that I find myself (every year) wishing I was a bear and could hibernate in a warm and cosy place from November till mid-January. Does anyone else feel this way?
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#7 by Julia on Monday, December 1, 2008 - 12:49 PM
Wow. This is a wonderful post, Miss Lacy! You've summed up what my family believes about christmas in a nutshell! My family does not celebrate christmas and has not for about 9 years, and I can honestly say I don't regret it at all.
It's very encouraging to find someone who also believes this way.
Blessings,
~Julia~
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#8 by Janice on Monday, December 1, 2008 - 12:49 PM
I have been fortunate enough to grow up in a fellowship where Christmas was not celebrated. I attended public school, so had ample opportunity to explain why, which helped strengthen my faith. We have raised our children this way as well, and it's always easier once the family tradition of not celebrating has been established.
I'm glad to see the issues discussed, though as an older woman, I'd like to remind us all to be careful to remain fully feminine, and to beware of discussing things in a way that can seem as if we are seeking to teach in a way that is not for women.
My prayer is that these things can continue to be discussed in love and humility, and in a way that will encourage thought and growth, with a conscious deference to the Godly authority of our husbands or fathers. The ultimate decision for what our households do rests with them, and our instruction is to "be like Sarah…".
With love and prayers…
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#9 by Fin on Monday, December 1, 2008 - 9:17 PM
@Lacy: "My heart is saddened as I look around and see so many Christians deceived into believing that christmas is Biblical. So many that fall into the trap that Satan has so cleverly laid for them."
While you may be correct that Christians shouldn't participate in christmas, because of it's pagan origins, you would do well to also recognize and accept the pagan origins of thanksgiving, which you appear to celebrate. Do yourself a favor and google: "pagan origins of thanksgiving." The annual harvest festival is one of the oldest pagan holidays known to mankind.
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#10 by micky on Friday, December 5, 2008 - 10:21 AM
Hi, I am a Christian and agree that Christmas has pagan roots. However, giving the Catholic Church some credit (if we trace our church's roots we will find as we go back thorugh one denomination coming out of another denomination you will end with all of our church's roots coming out of the catholic church). the credit I speak of is the catholic chruch taking a pagan day and changing the focus to Jesus. (Yea!) the opposite happened in Seattle Washington the other day. The Pagans (Athetist) are trying to take a "Christian" holiday and make is pagan. That said, I would rather celeberate Christ everyday including Christmas rather than giving back terrotirity gained. God's grace is so wounderful that regardless of the roots, many millions of people down through the ages have lifted up the name of Jesus during this season. The hypocrits and pagans use it as a time of drunkness and partying. But millions of us around the world use it as a time of witnessing. We invite non believers to events in our churches. I feel freer than any other time of year to share with non believers about Christ's birth, death and ressurection. To God December 25 may very well be just another day, but keep in mind weather to celebrate Christmas or not is not an issue with God. The issue is He looks at the heart of the people as the truly celebrate their love of Jesus or pretend to celebrate the love of Jesus. So Christians are not wrong to celebrate Christmas with the right love and heart and they are not wrong to not celebrate Christmas. It is our heart and love of our Lord and how we use Christmas. Remember, That which satan means for evil (Pagan roots) God can use for His glory. IN Christ a grace oriented Christian whoe's focus is on the heart of each and every Christian regardless of their choice to celebrate or not celebrate.
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#11 by Tracy Bunker on Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 9:48 PM
VERY well said, I couldn't agree with you more, Lacy. As for the previous comment, all I can say is …hmmmm… oooookaaay.
Again, wonderful and good work.
Tracy Bunker
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#12 by Page on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 2:50 AM
Very interesting article and extremely well said. I will say that I have been doing a lot of thinking and yours is the second blog I have read re: not celebrating Christmas. I will admit that I have celebrated Christmas all these years but with the "food for thought" I have been given I would rather not celebrate this holiday at all especially with now knowing the fact that this holiday originates from pagan roots. We do have a decorated tree, and gifts etc which we give out. I am now seriously in the place where I need to speak to my DH about not celebrating Christmas from next year plus getting rid of the tree. This is going to take prayer and I will not bring this subject up until the New Year with him especially as he is not a believer – this is going to take prayer. Even so my DH has not really celebrated Christmas for a few years and has not given out gifts so I am going to pray that this will be easier than anticipated.
I also like Miss Jocelyn's idea of giving monies to a single mother in need. Thank you so much for this post and I will be coming back to this from time to time. In fact, do you mind if I print this article off for my own use please?
Blessings
Page
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#13 by Dawn on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 9:23 AM
If you read my blog, 3 posts down Yahweh has been opening my heart, mind and soul to all kinds of new topics and one of them is the pagan origin of Christmas. Just from the few things I have read (will do a deeper study as soon I get done with another subject), it's like a lightbulb went on in my head. Last year I realized Christ was not even born on Dec. 25th and I thought to myself 'then what in the world are we celebrating?'
From what little I have studied so far it is true Christ was never in Christmas.
Why did the Catholic Church want to 'Christianize' a pagan holiday? Why? To prove to the pagans that they can make that horrible day holy? HELLO!!! *knocks on forehead*
Some people need to open up Yahweh's word and realize that Christmas is just not there.
It's good as Christians to brain dump all the dogmas, doctrines, man made traditions, and sit with an open heart and tell Yahweh you are ready to be taught.
It's a blessing to see more and more Christians come to the truth…I wish I would have found out sooner.
Yahweh bless!
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#14 by Tamsin on Monday, December 15, 2008 - 1:28 PM
Thank you for this post Lacy.It is a subject which not many people would write about.We don't do christmas.W e did until my dad(who is not a believer) asked why we do christmas when it is pagan.My mom started researching and when she found out about the roots of it we stopped.I find that you get quite a differant perspective when you stand back and look-people rush around spending ,spending,spending for what??
Tamsin
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#15 by Willow on Monday, December 15, 2008 - 8:08 PM
Hi, Lacy. Yes, Christmas was originally a pagan holiday, but most things were originated by pagans. What do you call the days of the week? Their names are pagan.
So are most things. We celebrate Christ's birth on Christmas. It was probably not then, but we celebrate it then.
*Willow
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#16 by Lacy on Monday, December 15, 2008 - 8:20 PM
Dear Willow,
Hello! Thank you for commenting. I am afraid, however, that that is not a very good excuse to celebrate what we know to be wrong, worldly, and ungodly. Nor is it a very good excuse to ignore the command to "come out from among them, and be ye separate."
Why celebrate it then? Satan has put the Lord's name in it, and therefore people think it is A-OK to observe that day.
What happens when we continue to partake in something we know is ungodly? "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." James 4:17
~ Lacy
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#17 by jane on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 10:20 AM
Nice post, keep up the good work!
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#18 by Tamsin on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 8:08 AM
Hello Lacy
Come out from among them was another reason we don't do christmas as the whole world does it why should we as christians do it?I thinka lot of christians need to hear this.
Tamsin
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#19 by Victoria Rebecca on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 2:23 PM
Hi Lacy I really like your post on Christmas. My problem with Christmas is although I believe that it is a pagan holiday, my family thinks otherwise. I have been trying this year to slowly stop celebrating it, and it is hard when you are surrounded by it. I don't blelieve that it is wrong to remember Christ's birth, but during Christmas it seems that we do everything but that. If we want to celebrate his birth we should do it everyday, not just on 'Christmas'
Blessings,
Victoria
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#20 by Lacy on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 11:49 AM
Page ~ Of course you may print off the article, or use it however you please.
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