So Jesus was not born on December 25. The date was set by Julius 1 and some churches celebrate in January.
The Holiday ... even the word comes to us from Old English and means Holy Day ... comes to mean so much because of tradition from the Norse and Roman traditions.
Yet, the first century Church did not celebrate the birth of Jesus. Rather, the first Church would have celebrated His Birth, Death, and Resurrection all at once, probably daily and from house to house.
Christmas cards? Singing carols? Christmas trees? All are traditions born from the Pagans, a word which originally meant civilian. Even some of the early colonists in America did not celebrate Christmas, as we know it today, and at one point, there was a ban in place.
So what does this mean? How about having Christmas ALL year long? If we acted Christ-like, wouldn't the world be a better place? If we honored the Birth of our King, wouldn't the lines at Walmart be shorter?
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