How does a bible represent the true meaning of Christmas?

Answer 1

The Bible doesn't say anything about the celebration of the birth of Christ or of holding a festival or commemorating it in any way, but it does tell the story of his birth.

Technically, there are many traditions that have been introduced into Christianity from the many traditions of old European religions. The Winter Solstice is the "Winter Festival", at which time many of those religions celebrated the Sun starting it's journey back north. Christmas is just a couple days after Winter Solstice, just enough time for ancient observers to notice that the Sun was starting north again.

Relevant Scripture:

Jeremiah 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

10:3 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.

10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

1 Corinthians 11:23-26: Jesus Christ ask us to do the communion in remembrance of Him.

23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

More Information:

"There is a theory that Christians in the fourth century assigned December 25th (the Winter Solstice on the Julian calendar) as Christ's birthday (and thus Christmas) because pagans already observed this day as a holiday. This theory is much disputed, as the dates of Saturnalia are not coincident with Christmas. A more refined argument is that Christmas was set on the feast of Sol Invictus, which was on December 25, and which had supplanted Saturnalia. However, others claim that early Christians independently came up with the date of December 25th based on a Jewish tradition of the "integral age" of the Jewish prophets (the idea that the prophets of Israel died on the same dates as their birth or conception), and a miscalculation of the date of Jesus' death. [1] A theory has been advanced that the establishment of the feast of Sol Invictus on December 25 was an attempt by Aurelian to co-opt the day already celebrated by Christians for a pagan festival.[2]" for full text, see weblink "Saturnalia" on right..

The Romans held a festival on December 25 called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, "the birthday of the unconquered sun." The use of the title Sol Invictus allowed several solar deities to be worshipped collectively, including Elah-Gabal, a Syrian sun god; Sol, the god of Emperor Aurelian (AD 270-274); and Mithras, a soldiers' god of Persian origin.[1] Emperor Elagabalus (218-222) introduced the festival, and it reached the height of its popularity under Aurelian, who promoted it as an empire-wide holiday.[2]

December 25 was also considered to be the date of the winter solstice, which the Romans called bruma.[3] It was therefore the day the Sun proved itself to be "unconquered" despite the shortening of daylight hours. (When Julius Caesar introduced the Julian Calendar in 45 BC, December 25 was approximately the date of the solstice. In modern times, the solstice falls on December 21 or 22.) The Sol Invictus festival has a "strong claim on the responsibility" for the date of Christmas, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia."

For full text, see weblink "Sol Invictus" on right..

When I choose to stop celebrating Christmas and my Birthday like the Jehovah Witness's -I'm SDA- I decided rather than visiting family just on Christmas or Birthdays to rather visit them when I can as much as possible, to

give people what they need and not do anything festival related because of Exodus 20:3, but Jesus Christ is not an idol and does tell people he isn't God.

Answer 2

The term "Christmas" is not used in The Bible; Christmas as a feast to celebrate the Nativity didn't become an official church feast day or imbued with particular symbolism until ca. 100-200 years after Jesus' life. As a result, we can't really say with any accuracy what the Bible itself says about the meaning of Christmas symbols.

While many of the symbols we associated with Christmas come from the Bible (the star, the three wise men/magi/kings, frankincense/gold/myrrh, the shepherds, the manger, etc.), many others do not (Christmas trees, mistletoe, St. Nicolas/Santa Claus, Advent candles, etc.). The Bible doesn't provide much guidance on how to interpret such things: for instance, was the star shining in the east a literal star, or was it a conjunction of planets, a supernova, a comet, and what did a star mean to someone at the time of Jesus? Were the three wise men wise men, magi, or kings, and where did they come from? Etc. The Bible also doesn't give guidance on how to interpret such things as what it means that the king of kings being born in the humblest possible situation.

In many ways, these questions are for students of the Bible to suss out in conversation with each other.

Answer 3

There is no mention of Christmas in the Holy Bible. Christmas is a pagan holiday - a merging of the sun god Mithra with the new Roman teachings primarily to enlarge the following. Nobody living on earth is even certain that Christ was truly born on Dec. 25. Indeed, the evidence points to a late September to early October birth date as most encyclopedias/dictionaries openly explain.

Answer 4

The Bible represents the true meaning of Christmas by love and getting together with your family and having lots of fun with your nuclear family (your mom dad sister, or brother) and your extended family (grandma, grandpa, uncle, aunt, and cousins).

Answer 5

That depends on which Christmas symbol it is..