Do Christians celebrate holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter?

Question

Just wondering... If so, why?

Answer 1

yes. we do. But Thanksgiving isn't a religious holiday it is a national holiday. and we celebrate are lord and saver being born and then coming back to use.

Answer 2

True Christians do not celebrate Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and holidays that are derived from pagan god worship; but they do celebrate the Holy Days that God set for our edification: Passover, Pentecost, Feast of Tabernacles, the Sabbath, etc.

They are also free to celebrate national holidays such as Thanksgiving, Independence Day, and the like.

Answer 3

No. True Christians do not.

These celebrations have only the names associated with Christians. Everything else comes from paganism. The problem is Christians are warned to make sure we only do what is acceptable to God; to avoid anything shared with darkness. Even beyond that to reproving them. (Eph. 5:10-11)

Even more in 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, it asks several questions showing Christian and pagan things do not mix without being condemned by God.

Christmas especially has virtually everything from paganism. Jesus was not born on Dec.25th. It was the feast to the pagan god, Saturnalia. The tree and yule log comes from the Druids who had the nasty habit of human sacrifices to nature. Birthdays are frowned upon by the Bible. Not only did Jesus and his close disciples never celebrate his birthday, only two birthdays are mentioned in the Bible. On both occasions servants of the true God were murdered. Clearly the Bible takes a dim view of them.

To keep our worship clean we must examine where things come from. Think it doesn't matter? Have you ever watched "Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares", a show about a chef who goes into restaurants in trouble a puts them back on track. Mostly the food tastes horrible. Always he checks in the storage and finds why. Usually rotten food, moldy, bug and rat infested, and the kitchen has not been adequately cleaned in years. One time a cook dropped food on the floor picked it up and popped it back in the fryer! The public never sees this but, they know they don't care for the food's taste. Cleaned up, people return.

Clearly where something comes from is important! All that for just a meal. How much more so should we be concerned with God's opinion of us? That effects our entire lives and how long that might be.

Answer 4

We celebrate them because, very early on, they were a perpetuation of local custom which grew until they became observed throughout the Church.

Not all Christians observe every holiday, and some don't observe any of them. It's not a requirement to observe them and, for most, is simply a way to express the faith.


Edit: It's amusing to me to see how many people think Thanksgiving is a purely secular holiday.

Answer 5

Since all three of those are Christian holidays, obviously, Christians do celebrate them.

Thanksgiving, by the way, was a Pilgrim/Puritan custom that used to not happen on any particular day. Instead, a thanksgiving was held any time the colonists felt the need to give thanks for something. They might hold several in a year.

Answer 6

Chistmas and Easter are Christian holidays surrounding the birth and death of Jesus and Thanksgiving is celebrated in many countries revolving around the pilgrims settling

Answer 7

x-mas and easter are "Christian" holidays so more than likely yes. Thanksgiving is a US holiday so again - probably.

Answer 8

Yes. And non-Christians do too. We just celebrate them for a different reason than unbelievers.

Answer 9

A christian is anyone who believes in God and has accepted him in there hearts as there lord and savior. Christians do usually celebrate the holidays you listed above mostly beacuse they are holidays that have a large connection to God.

Answer 10

Yes.