Do all christians celebrate christmas?

Question

I wonder do all christians regardless of which denomination they belong to...celebrate christmas... i heard they are some who don''t...

i heard Jesus was supposed to have born in March and that christmas is actually about a pagan sun god and that the only day we should be commemorating is "Good Friday"....

is it true?

help me out.. i am new to christianity...

god bless you.

Answer 1

There are some groups that don't.  The New England settlers even banned the celebration of Christmas, saying that it was unbiblical.

The date for Christmas was chosen by a Roman emperor to coincide with Saturnalia.  As Christianity spread through the Roman empire, the local midwinter customs and celebrations were grafted onto Christmas.  That's why we have decorated trees, feasting, exchanging of gifts, mistletoe, and a legend of someone flying through the sky bringing blessings or curses.  All came from pagan customs.

Answer 2

Christmas is a pagan celebration.

M’Clintock and Strong’s Cyclopædia says: “The observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of N[ew] T[estament] origin. The day of Christ’s birth cannot be ascertained from the N[ew] T[estament], or, indeed, from any other source.”—(New York, 1871), Vol. II, p. 276.

The Encyclopedia Americana informs us: “The reason for establishing December 25 as Christmas is somewhat obscure, but it is usually held that the day was chosen to correspond to pagan festivals that took place around the time of the winter solstice, when the days begin to lengthen, to celebrate the ‘rebirth of the sun.’ . . . The Roman Saturnalia (a festival dedicated to Saturn, the god of agriculture, and to the renewed power of the sun), also took place at this time, and some Christmas customs are thought to be rooted in this ancient pagan celebration.”—(1977), Vol. 6, p. 666

The New Catholic Encyclopedia acknowledges: “The date of Christ’s birth is not known. The Gospels indicate neither the day nor the month . . . According to the hypothesis suggested by H. Usener . . . and accepted by most scholars today, the birth of Christ was assigned the date of the winter solstice (December 25 in the Julian calendar, January 6 in the Egyptian), because on this day, as the sun began its return to northern skies, the pagan devotees of Mithra celebrated the dies natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the invincible sun). On Dec. 25, 274, Aurelian had proclaimed the sun-god principal patron of the empire and dedicated a temple to him in the Campus Martius. Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong at Rome.”—(1967), Vol. III, p. 656.

A true Christian does not participate in pagan celebrations.

Answer 3

Does it really matter, I also know when the Three wise men came, Jesus was a bit older than you would believe. But this doesn't matter either. What matters is that Jesus was born and became man and had a mission which was forfilled. He was crucified died and was burried. And He ascended into heaven of His own Power. He also left a lasting mark in this world to be very known by believers and unbelievers. I don't think there is anybody who doesn't know of him. Even unbelievers use His name in vain when something doesn't go right with them. and if this is the case Why do they do this if He's a nobody! And besides Christmas in December is a nice time to celibrate it because winters are so dreary anyway and this brightens up the season, don't you think. I was always under the impression that He was born around January/February. So there you have it. Don't let the months bother you. Just be happy He was born for without Him we wouldn't have hope. God bless you.

Answer 4

Most do but some Puritans do not.

All festivals,including those of the Bible(Passover, Harvest,etc), were of Pre Judeo-Christian religious and social origin and have parallels in other religions

Easter or Pascha,along with Good Friday, are inportant observances since Christians are saved by the the Death and Resurrection of Christ and Christmas (on whatever date one wants to celebrate it,since unlike Easter the Bible does not give a time of year for it) is important too since without His Incarnation ( becoming human)and birth  we would still bewithout a Messiah.

Answer 5

Christmas is a pagan festival stolen by your inept kind of people, in an effort to validate the story of Jesus. It is as fake as a plastic Xmas tree.

As you are new to Christianity you still have time to get out, because it is an evil pastime.

Answer 6

Christmas has a few reasons why it should not be celebrated by Christians who wish to worship acceptably to God. Christmas is the "Christian" name of the Saturnalia. The Saturnalia was a Roman celebration of the return of the unconquered Sun. It was celebrated for many days during the winter solstice (right around December 25). Any encyclopedia should tell you about it in detail. First century Christians did not celebrate Christmas and they found the Saturnalia utterly detestable.

Also Birthday celebrations were of pagan origin. Neither the Hebrews or the Christians of the first century celebrated their birthdays as that would have been seen as false worship. So, they would not have celebrated Christ's birthday either. (If we should have celebrated it, we would know the date, right?)

It was only after the great apostacy of the church that such things became acceptable and adopted into church practice.

There is one day that Christ impelled us to celebrated and that was the day of the last supper. The day of his death. Which roughly corresponds to Good Friday. But the observance of Good Friday is arbitrarily chosen as Friday because it was originally a Friday. Actually the date of the last supper was chosen by God as, not Friday, but Nisan 14. Nisan 14 is a Jewish date. We know it as the passover. Jesus death was sacrificial. He was OUR passover lamb. So after celebrating the Passover in 33 CE, Jesus instituted the celebration of the Lord's Evening Meal and he said "keep doing this in remembrance of me". So Christians should rightfully celebrate this not on Good Friday, but on Nisan 14 each year, after the sun sets. That way each year we are reminded not only of the pictoral events of the Jews' Exodus from Egypt, but Christ's role in redeeming mankind.

Answer 7

ummm most christians do.

i am atheist and i celebrate it too :)

Answer 8

The Savior YAHOSHUA was born in the Fall, during the Feast of Tabernacles.  True followers of Scripture try to avoid special days that YHVH did not set aside for rest and worship.  The only denomination that I know of that is firmly correct in that particular choice is the Jehovah's Witnesses.  (And they are wrong about numerous other things).  Yes, all of the rest days of the 'Christian' church are Heathen, and should be avoided.

Answer 9

The JW dont celibrate it because it is a pagan holiday.

Answer 10

No I believe there are some who do not. Jehovah's Witnesses do not.

Answer 11

Not at all. Historically, the Puritans, for example, didn't approve of celebrating Christmas. The main festival for them was Easter, because that marked the crucifixion and resurrection.