1-We can't find it in the bible (the way we celebrate, of course the Birth of Christ is in the bible but his birthday is sometime between September/October, not December, plus let's face it...our current Holiday is not about Christ or celebrating Him), except in the case of the tree which this verse is:
Jeremiah 10:1-10
King James Version (KJV)
10 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
10 But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
(disclaimer-I don't agree with every single thing in this, they seem to not know the bible so take those parts with a grain of salt. However, I figure they DO know their History, or at least they should...you know...being the History channel and all). This is just part 1. I figure you can search for the others yourself if you are so interested.
I hear so many ppl saying "well, we will dedicate the holiday TO Christ instead, we cannot just give up our traditions". But then there is this verse. Isn't that what they did? And God killed them all.
4-We are so tired of it being about the Presents. We see how it negatively affects our children as well. They get greedy WAY to easily as it is our human nature. This becomes focus. Don't get me wrong, we appreciate everything we are given and are so grateful for others being so giving to us. I just don't want our attitudes to be ungrateful and greedy about it.
5-You call it legalism, we call it trying to decipher the Bible and learn what really IS God's word, not our own because these days those two are SO mixed and messed up.
6-Santa is an Idol. Plain and simple. He distracts children from Christ and takes all their thoughts. How can you even try to focus on Christ when you say "santa is a state of mind of loving and giving towards each other? When CHRIST is/was the only spirit of Love and Giving and our entire lives should be about trying to become more like Him?! When one thing distracts us or we try to be like another then many things distract us and soon enough we hardly think of Him unless it's our own made up version of Him we've created based on all these other characters we so adore.
So we took many months discussing these issues trying to figure out if/how we would celebrate as our own family.
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