1. Christmas is the birthday of Messiah
Messiah Yeshua was born during Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles), not
on December 25. It is this celebration that the prophets say will
be kept by all nations in the Kingdom of Messiah.
2. Christmas is a holy day
Only G-d can make a day holy, by the utterance of His mouth. No
where has G-d proclaimed Christmas (December 25) to be a holy day.
December 25 is a day of the pagan feast called Saturnalia. Pope
Julius declared December 25 to be "Christmas Day" in 359 A.D. Those
who adhere to this, even unkowingly, are accepting the authority of
an apostate church.
3. Santa Claus is good
Santa Claus, or the St. Nicholas legend, is a fantasy that
substitutes the benevolent Santa for the benevolent G-d Most High
as our Father. To substitute anything or anyone for G-d is
idolatry.
4. Christmas is about giving
Christmas time, by the actions of people, is about buying and
giving in order to get. It fosters reciprocal greed. It falsely
teaches children that they have a right to their covetous desires
("What do you want for Christmas?") and a right to marketed toys
(ie: "Toys for Tots"). G-d commanded to teach children His Word
("You shall not covet" "The L-RD is my Shepherd, I shall not want"
"Give and it shall be given to you") all year long.
5. Christmas is not based in evil
Christmas means "Christ-Mass" which is the Catholic service of
performing the death of Messiah over again, and physically
ingesting His actual body and blood (according to their belief).
This is an abominable idea, which is totally unbiblical and akin to
cannabalistic thinking (pagan cannabals eat human flesh because
they think they will take on the traits of the person eaten).
6. The tree and holly are innocent decorations
The celebration of the Saturnalia tree and holly branches is rooted
in the ancient pagan practice of the Asherah (goddess of good luck)
poles (Jeremiah. 10:10) in which a tree is cut down, put in the
house and decorated for good luck and hope that winter will be
short. In ancient times, as offerings to and from the gods, gifts
were put under the tree. Today the effect is the same as the family
bows down to the tree to get the gifts, which they cannot open
until the unholy day of December 25! Even the old pagan "fertility
balls" are put on the modern tree.
7. Christmas causes care for others
Police reports every year show that "Christmas time" is the worst
for robberies, assaults, missing persons and suicides. Clinics show
an increase in depression and other mental illnesses during this
season. For conscience sake the homeless and destitute may be given
meals and toys, while they are mostly forgotten the rest of the
year. In a sense these needy people are "paid off" once per year so
that they may be ignored the rest of it. Is it not cruelty to fill
the stomach of the starved, then leave them again to their hunger
pains?
8. Christmas causes people to come to the L-RD
Which L-RD? The One of the Scriptures, or some corrupted, man made
invention? Do people then begin celebrating according to G-d's
Word? Is their heart changed to seek out all righteousness, or have
they just fallen in love with the "spirit" of the season? Remember,
the true Holy Spirit of G-d only obeys and promotes the Scriptural
Holy Days of the Most High. So what "spirit" then is the "Spirit of
Christmas". By their fruit you shall know them.
Messianic Rabbi David M. Hargis
