Do you celebrate Christmas?

[Gerioke]

Jesus killed a fig tree so fig trees must be evil and we should destroy them all.

Why is it that the leftys want to ban christmas and Zayit wants to ban christmas? what's the connection?

[Guest Zayit]

I don't hate you.  I just have a hard time understanding why you are so intent on trying to make people feel guilty for the small pleasures in life. I kinda feel bad for you because I am reading bitterness between the lines.

Then you need a trip to the Optician!

See that is where we differ, I do not see sinning against G-d nor misrepresenting him a pleasure in life, yes indeed our glasses and POV are very different, but I understand where you are coming from because I was once there too.

[Gerioke]

I don't hate you.

[Guest yod]

I wear little gold cross earings. I used to think "What would you wear a cross for? its just an emblem of his death?" one lady told me i was looking at it all wrong and she is right. The cross is not a symbol of the Lord's death, He was not defeated on the cross remember? It's a sign of his victory. The cross being empty shows that he is risen. It's a big reminder, a wonderful reminder, of what Jesus did for us, and how the greatest victory of all time came to pass as the father said it would. Now a cross with Jesus on it as jewellery? Thats a different story. So everytime walk past a window or glance at a mirror and see my little cross earings, i thank the Lord for all he's done and praise him that i can show my christianity with his victory.

[TEXASGRANDMA]

I love Christmas. I love having a tree and a manger set ( I made the manger set).

I love the Holidays. Every Thanksgiving my son comes over and helps me put up my tree. I love the way people are more loving at caring at Christmas. I am 53 years of age and I can still remember my first pageant at Church as a young child wearing dyed sheet and a halo made from a hanger and foil.

betty

[the_raven_1313]

I wear little gold cross earings. I used to think "What would you wear a cross for? its just an emblem of his death?" one lady told me i was looking at it all wrong and she is right. The cross is not a symbol of the Lord's death, He was not defeated on the cross remember? It's a sign of his victory. The cross being empty shows that he is risen. It's a big reminder, a wonderful reminder, of what Jesus did for us, and how the greatest victory of all time came to pass as the father said it would. Now a cross with Jesus on it as jewellery? Thats a different story. So everytime walk past a window or glance at a mirror and see my little cross earings, i thank the Lord for all he's done and praise him that i can show my christianity with his victory. 

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I think of it the same way. I wear a cross around my neck but unlike a lot of people nowadays (pop stars, actors etc) I don't wear it just because it is in fashion. As far as a cross with Jesus on it. No way. I wouldn't wear one. Why wear something that shows that He is still on the cross when we all know that he is no longer on the cross, but at the right hand of the Father?

[RGR]

I wear little gold cross earings. I used to think "What would you wear a cross for? its just an emblem of his death?" one lady told me i was looking at it all wrong and she is right. The cross is not a symbol of the Lord's death, He was not defeated on the cross remember? It's a sign of his victory. The cross being empty shows that he is risen. It's a big reminder, a wonderful reminder, of what Jesus did for us, and how the greatest victory of all time came to pass as the father said it would. Now a cross with Jesus on it as jewellery? Thats a different story. So everytime walk past a window or glance at a mirror and see my little cross earings, i thank the Lord for all he's done and praise him that i can show my christianity with his victory.

[Gerioke]

I wear little gold cross earings. I used to think "What would you wear a cross for? its just an emblem of his death?" one lady told me i was looking at it all wrong and she is right. The cross is not a symbol of the Lord's death, He was not defeated on the cross remember? It's a sign of his victory. The cross being empty shows that he is risen. It's a big reminder, a wonderful reminder, of what Jesus did for us, and how the greatest victory of all time came to pass as the father said it would. Now a cross with Jesus on it as jewellery? Thats a different story. So everytime walk past a window or glance at a mirror and see my little cross earings, i thank the Lord for all he's done and praise him that i can show my christianity with his victory.

[Guest stray bullet]

I'm sure there are saints that would like to elaborate.  I like to keep it simple:

1) Jesus was not born on December 25th.  It is likely He was born in the late spring to early summer.

2) December 25th was converted from the pagan observation of the winter solstice by the Roman church either by Constantine himself, or shortly after his conversion. The times are debatable, but that's not really the point.  The point is that it is a religious observation that has little, if anything at all, to do with the actual birth of the Lord Jesus.

Christmas was celebrated long before Constatine tolerated Christianity. Christmas was long celebrated before the 4th Century and before then, often during other parts of the year.

The first evidence for the celebration comes from Alexandria, Egypt and it was celebrated on May 20. This was in the Second Century.

It is also important to note that Christmas is, to this day, not always celebrated by Christians on Decemeber 25.

The celebration has nothing to do with paganism. It is true, however, that many traditional Christmas customs, even used today, originated from pagan ones. This is because in the 4th Century so many pagans were converting that many of them incorporated their winter solictice practices into Christmas.

If you had warm memories growing up eating, say, a goose in the winter during a holiday, of course you are going to want to also eat a goose on Christmas. That doesn't make Christmas pagan, that just means you personalized Christmas with your own cultural customs.

[RGR]

I wear little gold cross earings. I used to think "What would you wear a cross for? its just an emblem of his death?" one lady told me i was looking at it all wrong and she is right. The cross is not a symbol of the Lord's death, He was not defeated on the cross remember? It's a sign of his victory. The cross being empty shows that he is risen. It's a big reminder, a wonderful reminder, of what Jesus did for us, and how the greatest victory of all time came to pass as the father said it would. Now a cross with Jesus on it as jewellery? Thats a different story. So everytime walk past a window or glance at a mirror and see my little cross earings, i thank the Lord for all he's done and praise him that i can show my christianity with his victory.