Is It Really About Christ?

Go ahead and celebrate the holidays! Leave off all the pagan symbols and bobbles and then it might be true you are really making this time about Christ. Let's take a look at what we would have to remove in order to remove all pagan symbols.

"Yule festivities are a mixture of customs and beliefs going back many years before Jesus was born." Pagan Background of Christmas"

The Christmas tree: Decorated by early Germans as a celebration of the god of "odin." This was also used in tree worship.

Every one of these elements of modern Christianity came out of pagan worship and were added to Catholicism in order to entice the pagans to meld with Catholicism.

The mistletoe: associated with fertility rituals

Gift giving: associated with the Romans blessing their false gods.

The wreaths: The pagans used these as a symbol of fertility, they were place on the heads of people during pagan holy days.

Ornaments on trees were placed on trees outside to appease the gods.

Holly: associated with the god of winter to drive off evil spirits

The advent candles: in paganism the lighting of the candle was done in hope for the return of the sun in the spring. Apparently to the sun god.

The bows of holly: The pagans still assign power to the bows of holly in their ritual.

Santa Clause: a myth to promote gift giving by a false god

The elves: A type of human type supernatural being found in Germanic worship.

The Raindeer: the horned god of the pagans

The bells: announcing the number of days before the solstice

Having said all this, remember that there was only one celebration Christ gave us and it was to be done every time we come together, that is the Lord's Supper.

Luke 22:19 "…18 For I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.” 19 And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 20 In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you."

1 Corinthians 11:20-34 Whenever you come together!!!