Facts about Christmas
1. Pagan Foundations

Saturnalia (Rome)

• Celebrated from December 17–23

• Honored Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture

• Characterized by feasting, gift-giving, lights, and the suspension of social norms

• Marked by drunkenness, immorality, and licentiousness

Winter Solstice

• Around December 21–25, pagans celebrated the rebirth of the sun at the year's shortest day

• The cult of Sol Invictus (“Unconquered Sun”) was widely followed in the Roman Empire

• December 25 was declared Dies Natalis Solis Invicti — the birthday of the sun god

Yule (Norse/Germanic)

• A pagan festival involving the Yule log, evergreen trees, and feasting

• Trees were revered as symbols of eternal life and decorated in honor of false gods

• Many modern Christmas customs (trees, wreaths, candles) trace directly to these rites

 These practices predate Christianity and were later absorbed and re-branded by the Roman Catholic Church.

2. Roman Catholic Origins

• In the 4th century, the Roman Catholic Church sought to adopt pagan festivals for missionary purposes

• Pope Julius I (c. 350 AD) officially designated December 25 as the birth of Christ

• The intent was to attach Christian meaning to pagan customs to ease the conversion of Roman citizens

The Result?

• A baptized paganism, still bearing the marks of heathen origin

• Christ’s birth wrapped in rituals and traditions He never ordained

• A replacement of spiritual worship with external, worldly celebration
   

3. Scriptural Refutation of Christmas

1. Christ’s Birth Is Not Commanded to Be Celebrated

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” — 2 Timothy 3:16–17

If celebrating Christmas were a “good work,” God would have included it in His Word. He has not.
 

2. God Hates Self-Invented Worship

“These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.” — Colossians 2:22–23

God is not honored by man-made traditions, even if they claim to honor Christ.

3. Blending Paganism with True Worship is Abominable

“Be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.’ You must not worship the LORD your God in their way.” — Deuteronomy 12:30–31

God expressly forbids the use of pagan methods to worship Him.

4. God Demands Worship in Spirit and Truth

“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” — John 4:23–24

This excludes carnal, man-made festivals like Christmas.

5. God’s People Are to Be Separate from the World

"What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people." "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you." "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."" — 2 Corinthians 6:16–18

Christmas is a worldly holiday, enjoyed by the unregenerate as much or more than by professing Christians.
That alone should raise a holy alarm.

6. Christ Is No Longer a Babe in a Manger

The focus on the nativity keeps Christ a helpless infant in many minds. But:

"The Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings!" — Revelation 17:14

Christ is now glorified, exalted, and reigning—not a babe, but KING of kings.

Conclusion

Christmas is rooted in paganism and Roman Catholic syncretism, not in Scripture.
It is not commanded, not spiritually profitable, and not pleasing to God.

Let us instead:

• Rejoice daily in the full Christ—not merely His birth

• Worship God only as He has instructed in His Word

• Shun all forms of man-made religion, even those falsely cloaked in Christian terms

“This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not learn the ways of the nations.’” — Jeremiah 10:2

“Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22

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Let us be:
Faithful, not festive.
Biblical, not sentimental.
Christ-honoring, not tradition-keeping.

(The above is AI generated.)