Where do we get our Christmas traditions? What is the History of Christmas? When was Jesus really born? Did the disciples celebrate Christmas? Why do we put up Christmas trees? Christmas lights? And give gifts to everyone we know?

(Interesting that Jesus overturned the tables of the moneychangers in the temple saying His Father’s House would be a House of Prayer, and we have turned the celebration of His birth into the most commercialized tradition, ever!).

babyjesus2These are questions asked by many believers that get the sense that this traditional celebration called ‘Christmas’ is somehow not the truth. There are some who want to know the truth and boldly forge ahead to either study it out in scripture and find out for themselves or seek until they find writings by others that have studied the scriptures and provided evidence to dispel the myth.

I wish I had more fortitude to intricately study the scriptures and delve into their Greek and Hebrew origins, but I don’t have the patience for such a commendable task. Truthfully, I didn’t think I wanted to know the truth about Christmas either. Not because I enjoy a life of delusion and lies, but because I would feel responsible for the truth I knew.

Are you like that? You want to know, but you don’t want to know?

Well, sure enough, Christmas and the rituals we commence in its celebration, are not biblical, scriptural, holy or correct. I am providing links to others that I have read to better learn and understand these things. Read them yourselves or do your own searching. Do not take my word for it.

Although I know by these evidences the Christmas celebration is not legit, I have a family (mostly non-believers) that celebrate it quite heartily. It is that time to get together with family you don’t see the rest of the year, it’s about the festive smells of cinnamon and baking, the twinkling lights, pretty music and giving gifts, especially to the children, right?

Knowing what I know makes this very uncomfortable, to say the least. My loyalty, and love is for the Lord and His truth, and I am to be an expression of His love as well. It gets dicey when having to draw the proverbial line in the sand between holy and unholy, only because to be legalistic is death, not life, therefore not love. The celebration does not mean to me what it does to my family, but I’m not to be ‘absent’ while with them as though to be there and with them is painful. That’s just rude.

star2-copyEverything Jesus did was in Love. He was the Life and He did all things by the Holy Spirit, therefore all He did and said was Holy. He did nothing legalistically. Though the ‘Law’ was written on His heart as it is to become written on ours, He also knew the Father’s heart and the Father’s ways. I’m still in that growth process and am a little hazy on how to handle the Christmas holiday with my family and unbelieving friends.

If anyone has been through this with the Holy Spirit leading and instructing them in the Way of this, please share with the rest of us.

Below are the links I am providing to other teachings on this subject.

This is a blog post by Joseph Herrin on the subject of the fallacy of Christmas, called ‘Divorced from Truth – Part 6’. http://parablesblog.blogspot.com/

He also has an article on his website, called ‘Removing the High Places’ that goes into much more depth here. http://www.heart4god.ws/id585.htm

This link is to Stephen Jones’ website and his work titled “When Really Was Jesus Born”. You can read it online or download a PDF version.

http://www.gods-kingdom-ministries.org/when_really_was_jesus_born.htm

Another link that I actually think is a MUST READ, is something written by a friend of mine a few years ago. He speaks more of the spirit of love we are to have, both the Love for Christ and the love we are to have towards others.

http://www.kingdomgospel.net/publications/should_believers_celebrate_christmas.htm

I found more websites with information on the truth about the birth of Christ and Christmas rituals and customs and their origins, but I quickly became sick with heaviness from the spirit of judgment, legalism and downright ‘hate’ exuding from these sites.

To heed anything, even doctrinal truth, from a spirit of hate and judgment towards those lost in darkness, was exactly the opposite of what spirit we are to be of, so I couldn’t even read them to sift through them and list any more for you. Search them out for yourselves if you wish.

But no matter what you read or hear, even scripture, please read prayerfully. Guard your own hearts against the hate and judgment that separates. Ours is a ministry of reconciliation and love. May the Holy Spirit lead you into all truth.