2007-11-30 12:25:08 · 19 answers · asked by Sporadic 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Cuz it's fun.
2007-11-30 12:28:16 · answer #1 · answered by Acorn 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
What is the problem? It is a holiday of giving. The three wise men came bearing gifts to the Christ child. That is in the Bible. Trees and the other stuff nah but I love it all. I do not have to defend it. Christmas is a wonderful time of joy and love. Even for unbelievers they too enjoy giving to others. Christians know it is not the true date that Christ is born but many carols are from the scripture, and the Christmas story of his birth is holy. The celebration is a wonderful and no other holiday in the world out shines Christmas. I love Santa too. I do not care if pagans had trees or what I am a believer that loves to decorate and celebrate. I always give God the highest praise and he is the reason for the season.
2007-11-30 20:35:07 · answer #2 · answered by Ms Blue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a Christian and I dont celebrate Christmas anymore as I did my research and found out it has no spiritual basis where it being a day to celebrate Christ is concerned.
2007-11-30 20:33:23 · answer #3 · answered by Charity 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am sure Christians celebrate Christmas as remembering Jesus Christ coming to earth so all who come to Him may have eternal life.
2007-11-30 20:32:20 · answer #4 · answered by Wally 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Baptized Paganism:
http://www.bibleexplorations.info/html/article13
2007-11-30 20:30:47 · answer #5 · answered by ♫DaveC♪♫ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christmas is the celebration of God becoming Incarnate -- i.e., the birth of Jesus the Christ. That event most certainly *is* recorded in Scripture, and that's why we celebrate it.
2007-11-30 20:51:25 · answer #6 · answered by sparki777 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is derived from two words Christos for christ and mass meaning to celebrate therefore Christmas means to celebrate Christ . it usually means to celebrate ones birth.
2007-11-30 20:32:57 · answer #7 · answered by s. grant 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas i beleive come from Christ mass.But i could be wrong.The reason why we christians celabrate and defend it is because it is the celabrating of Jesus birth. We love him also .Its like if someone you love is being dissed by someone your going to defend them,right.Hope that works for ya.
2007-11-30 20:37:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of things that are not in the Bible, but that doesn't diminish their importance.
The reason that Christians began to celebrate Christ's birth was due to the pagan revelry that occurred during the feasts of Saturnalia and the Winter Solstice. These pagan holidays were quite a temptation for new believers in Christ, who had not learned to control their passions.
The bishops in Rome (especially) decided to give the Christians something else to do during the pagan holiday, recalling the birth of Christ. Not that it was Christ's birthday, but to celebrate that He was born to save mankind. The held a Mass in honor of Christ's birth. (Hence the name Christ-mas.)
And just as Hanukkah is not a biblical feast, Jesus nevertheless celebrated it. "Now Hanukkah was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking around in the temple inside the open porch of Solomon." (John 10:22-23) So we as Christians may celebrate a festive time such as Christ's birth, because our focus is on Christ.
2007-11-30 20:29:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
The word Christmas is not in the Bible, but Christmas itself is in the Bible. It is called the Nativity.
And remember, it is only the American word Christmas that is getting your goat. In Italy they call it Buon Natale....referring to the nativity.
2007-11-30 20:31:02 · answer #10 · answered by Digital Age 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ignorance.
2007-11-30 20:33:35 · answer #11 · answered by conundrum 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋