Is Christmas Biblical

Answer 1

The holiday of Christmas was first created so that people could celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Of course the day that it is celebrated on is not the exact day Jesus was born because we do not have that knowledge. Nowhere in the Bible does it say we had to create this holiday or even celebrate His birth, but man did that themselves (not saying that this is makes it wrong). But now people have taken this day that is supposed to be focused on the Lord, and turned it into a day all about Santa Clause and presents. And this to me, is very upsetting.

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Was Jesus Born on December25?

The custom: According to tradition, Jesus' birth took place on December 25 and is celebrated on that date. "Christmas," says the Encyclopedia ofReligion, means "'Christ's Mass,' that is, the mass celebrating the feast of Christ's nativity," or birth.

Its origin:According to the Christmas Encyclopedia it says "The establishment of December 25 evolved not from biblical precedent, but from pagan Roman festivals held at year's end," about the time of the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. Those festivals included the Saturnalia, in honor of Saturn, god of agriculture, "and the combined festivals of two sun gods, the Roman Sol and the Persian Mithra," says the same encyclopedia. Both birthdays were celebrated on December 25, the winter solstice according to the Julian calendar. Those pagan festivals began to be "Christianized" in the year 350, when Pope Julius I declared December 25 to be Christ's birthday. "The Nativity gradually absorbed or supplanted all other solstice rites," says the Encyclopedia ofReligion. "Solar imagery came increasingly to be used to portray the risen Christ (who was also called Sol Invictus), and the old solar disk . . . became the halo of Christian saints."

Questions: How does God view such holiday? Is it appropriate for parents to lie to their children and fabricate an image of a man called Santa Claus? What does Santa Claus, Christmas trees, Frosty the Snowman have anything to do with Christ? True, telling children that Santa (or the Christ child) is the bearer of presents at Christmas may seem to be innocent fun, but is it right or wise to deceive little children, even if one's intentions are not bad? Do you not find it ironic that an occasion that is supposedly meant to honor Jesus becomes a time to deceive children?

The Bible: "Now that you have put away falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor." Our closest 'neighbors' are our family members. (Ephesians 4:25) The Bible also says that we should "love truth," "speaking the truth in [our] heart." (Zechariah 8:19; Psalm 15:2)