Bye Bye Christmas

[seraph]

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It is heartbreaking that so many want to remove Jesus from everything while using the lame excuse of "diversity". Even more troubling is that it will get worse. All the more reason Christians must boldly proclaim His name!

On the positive side of this... I am in a Sign Language Christmas carol choir... we sing/sign various songs but most importantly those that glorify God... "Celebrate" and "Jesus, Born This Day," etc. In addition to convalescent hospitals and group homes, we have performed at local malls with the name of Jesus echoing through the wings... we have performed at Knott's Berry Farm where people stopped rushing towards the rides and games and food in order to see and hear us proclaim Christ's name (Knott's asked us to come again next year!)... and we will be performing at Disneyland too! Maybe people won't see Nativity scenes at some of these places... but they will see the love that God sent to this Earth through Christ Jesus reflected in the faces of believers and hear and/or see His name in their voices and/or upon their hands.

So, strings of Christmas lights can't be put up? Well, the celebration of Christ's birth begins in the heart of believers so we are HIS lights!

[salt and light]

O Danny Boy,

You said,

" If Chistmas is such a pagan holiday why then would they spend any time at all trying to remove Christ from it? Glory be to God that his son was born unto us in this season"

Don't let the devil fool you. The devil knows that a lot of christians think it is a christian holiday, he was setting us up, and since he wants the word "Christ" taken out of the word "Christmas", well, can't you see what he's doing? He knows that Jesus Christ has nothing to do with Christmas, but he wants "Christ" taken out of that word. Maybe if it wasn't for the word "Christ', and the manger scenes, and the traditional christmas songs like "Joy to the World" etc, he wouldn't even bother, but since christmas is a pagan holiday, and since christians associate Jesus Christ with it, the devil doesn't want that. Maybe he figures that it is better to show christmas for what it really is rather than let the name of Jesus be involved. Christmas was and is a pagan celebration, and Jesus was not born at this time of the season.

[O'Dannyboy]

Its only a pagan holiday if you think it is. I celebrate Christ in defiance of this holidays origins. I am also of a mind that GOD made this ONCE pagan holiday into something pleasing to him and I will rejoice evermore because I know with him all things are possible. I do and will continue to pray that in all I do in suffering and in joy I may play a part in and witness HIS glory.

God Bless you and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[Work in Progress]

and teaching our kids that their parents will lie to them about the very fabric of reality... the existance of santa... how then would they be able to trust the exsitance of a so called 'jesus'?

My kids were all raised on Santa, jolly ole' soul that he is, and two of them are grown now, and strong Christians and I assure you they believe in and worship the exsistence of Jesus. I've yet to meet an atheist who claims they don't believe in Jesus because their parents lied to them about Santa, so they can't believe in anything else. JMO though.

[nebula]

I'm not one that believes in dissing Christmas and Easter because they were taken out of pagan holidays. I take it as an expression of redemption. Besides, these two days for centuries have been associated with Jesus.

BUT - with the secularists et al taking "Christ" out of Christmas and traditional "Christian" associations with Easter -

Maybe it is time we go back to our Jewish roots and celebrate the holidays the LORD established for His holy days?

I'm not saying give up on Christmas and Easter if you are so inclined,

but maybe we need to pcik up what was lost from the Church a long time ago?

(I hope I'm making sense here.)

BTW - remember how in Revelation when the Two Witnesses were killed, John saw the people exchanging gifts in celebration.

I can't help but wonder if there is something to this with the Christmas ("holiday" ) season?

[rollinTHUNDER]

and teaching our kids that their parents will lie to them about the very fabric of reality... the existance of santa... how then would they be able to trust the exsitance of a so called 'jesus'?

My kids were all raised on Santa, jolly ole' soul that he is, and two of them are grown now, and strong Christians and I assure you they believe in and worship the exsistence of Jesus.

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2 Timothy 4:3-4 - "For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. (4)They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."

[amor]

[RGR]

This past Christmas season, I was in Wal-Mart and I am proud to say they were piping Christian based Christmas songs over the speakers in addition to the secular songs! I remember hearing a really good Statler Brothers song about Jesus being the reason for the season!!!!

I wonder how long it will be, though, before stores start opening for Christmas day. When I was working for Radio Shack back in 1998, I wound up quitting (part of the problem, but not the whole thing) because they were threatening to open up Easter Sunday! It was up to the Regional Manager as to whether the stores in his/her region would open. We ultimately wound up not opening but I wondered how long it would be before they started making it mandatory. If they can get Easter, would Christmas be next so you could get that last minute toy for the kids?

[Gerioke]

This past Christmas season, I was in Wal-Mart and I am proud to say they were piping Christian based Christmas songs over the speakers in addition to the secular songs!  I remember hearing a really good Statler Brothers song about Jesus being the reason for the season!!!!

I wonder how long it will be, though, before stores start opening for Christmas day.  When I was working for Radio Shack back in 1998, I wound up quitting (part of the problem, but not the whole thing) because they were threatening to open up Easter Sunday!  It was up to the Regional Manager as to whether the stores in his/her region would open.  We ultimately wound up not opening but I wondered how long it would be before they started making it mandatory.  If they can get Easter, would Christmas be next so you could get that last minute toy for the kids?

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I love the statler brothers

[kittylover0991]

IN the public schools here in MD, USA and probabaly at least all over the US, students bring home dradels, and manarahs, learn about Kwanzaa, Hanakkuh and every holiday near Decmeber that pours outs their ears! HOwever, when it comes to Christmas, the only talk is Santa. Songss are sung about the other holidays, but very little, if at all is sung about Christ. If there is anything, they wouldn't dare say his name.

The schools around this country as as perverse if not worse than much of the country itself. THey say that we(the next generation) are the future of thsi country, and i am scared to see hwo that will lok. How dare they try and CHrist out o fhtis country.. sorry gtg