25 Reasons I Don’t Celebrate Christmas

  1. Christmas is not the day on which Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ) was born. He was likely born in the autumn during the biblical Feast of Tabernacles. In ancient times, December 25 was considered the birthday of the demon-sun god by many heathen religions. This was definitely not the birthday of Yeshua!
  2. There’s no biblical command to celebrate Christmas.
  3. Christmas has become a pagan substitution for YHVH’s true biblical holidays or festivals, which are listed in Leviticus 23. These are the same biblical festivals that Yeshua and his apostles celebrated. They never celebrated the Messiah’s birth.
  4. Christmas is the Christianization of various ancient pagan sun god, sex-worship rituals having to do with the winter solstice. “Cleaning up” a pagan custom is contrary to the biblical truth of turning away from the practices of the heathen and having nothing to do with them after one chooses to follow Elohim and his Word as found in the Bible.
  5. Christmas is laced with heathen and Satanic rituals and traditions. These are things the saints should have nothing to do with!
  6. The Bible forbids placing any trees or tree-like objects near an altar (or in a church building), since this is a heathen practice (Deut 16:21).  Most Christians violate this command when they place Christmas trees in their church sanctuaries near their altars every year at Christmas.
  7. The Bible forbids the heathen practice of incorporating trees into any religious service (Deut 12:1–4). Elohim hates pagan religious practices that happen under trees (Isa 57:5; Jer 3:6).
  8. Celebrating Christmas is friendship with the world which is an act of hatred toward Elohim. In this area, it makes one a friend of the world and an enemy of Elohim (Jas 4:4).
  9. Elohim condemns, forbids and calls an abomination bringing any pagan items into our houses (Deut 7:24–26), of which Christmas trees and nearly all Christmas’ associated accoutrements, paraphernalia and traditions are associated.
  10. The Bible commands the saints not to put up anything that even remotely resembles a Christmas tree. Jeremiah 10:1–5 is almost a perfect description of a modern Christmas tree — and it was a pagan custom 1000 years before Christmas became a Christian holiday in the Catholic Church.
  11. Christmas perpetuates the lie of Santa Clause to one’s children. Lying is not a value one wants to pass on to their children. Lying is a violation of the ninth of YHVH’s ten commandments and is a sin.
  12. The Bible commands the saints not to learn or practice the ways of the heathens (Jer 10:2; Lev 18:3; 20:23).
  13. Christmas is about syncretizing biblical truth (i.e., the birth of Yeshua) with pagan and satanic customs. In the Bible, YHVH commands his people not to be like the heathens, turn from evil, and don’t learn their evil customs. Yeshua commanded his disciples to be in the world, but not to practice its evil ways (John 17:11, 14). Christmas is practicing the evil ways of the heathens.
  14. For many, the main focus of Christmas is on self (“What gifts am I getting?”), rather than on Elohim’s gift to mankind, which was Yeshua the Messiah (who wasn’t even born in December). Christmas generally promotes a culture of selfishness and self-centeredness. These are values that were antithetical to everything that Yeshua and his disciples lived and taught.
  15. Christmas promotes an atmosphere of greed, covetousness and materialism. 
  16. Christmas is a tradition started by the Catholic Church, and I’m not a Catholic and I don’t take my spiritual marching orders from any pope —  especially when he tells me to do something contrary to the Bible, the Word of Elohim.
  17. Christmas is a short, one day long holiday. Too much emphasis is placed on this one day. The devil has tricked and shortchanged Christians into substituting Christian holidays like Christmas for the biblical ones. YHVH gives his saints seven biblical holidays with two of them lasting for seven days each (see Lev 23). These biblical holidays are called feasts, and they are spiritual and guilt-free celebrations focusing on rejoicing and righteously partying with family, friends and Elohim around godly and biblical themes all involving the gospel’s plan of redemption. They are totally righteous with no paganism mixed in. This can’t be said about Christmas.
  18. Do your homework. You will find that even the phrase “Ho, ho, ho, merry Christmas” is sacrilegious and blasphemous.
  19. If Christmas day turns sour for people (e.g., because of bad family experiences and unfulfilled expectations), then one’s year is ruined until next Christmas when one gets another shot at it in hopes it’ll be better the next go around. How pitifully sad!
  20. Christmas as celebrated by the majority of people ends up taking the focus off the glorious event of the Savior’s birth, trivializes it and then places the emphasis on gift-giving, partying and mindless unbiblical pagan traditions and rituals.
  21. The Bible commands us to abstain from all appearances of evil (1 Thess 5:22). There is much evil, Satanic and idolatrous baggage associated with Christmas; therefore, those who are serious about their biblical walk of righteousness and want to be obedient to YHVH Elohim should not be going near it.
  22. Those who celebrate Christmas in the traditional way are honoring or worshipping pagan deities. Anytime anyone puts a pagan practice or tradition ahead of obedience to Elohim and his Word, this is, by biblical definition, idolatry. Whether it’s Christmas lights on the house, wreaths, evergreen foliage, mistletoe, the Christmas tree with its red balls, gifts under the tree, Santa Clause, or even the Christmas greeting of “Ho, ho, ho, merry Christmas,” it all originates from ancient Satanic, idolatrous and lewd sex worship practices originating from pagan religions. This is not something with which the true saints of YHVH Elohim wants to be involved.
  23. Christmas puts a lot of people into financial debt. Debt is bondage and evil.
  24. Christmas was become a major money-making venture for merchants, and I refuse to be suckered in by their marketing schemes to purchase their products.
  25. Celebrating Christmas is following a multitude to do evil — something YHVH forbids (Exod 23:2).

Now that you have received the light of the truth about Christmas, you are responsible before Elohim to live up to that truth. Will you put obedience to the Word of Elohim and his truth first in our life, or continue to walk in sin? To obey Elohim means to cast out of your life all idolatrous practices and cease doing that which is evil and sinful. This is then followed by choosing to obey YHVH Elohim in Spirit and in truth (John 4:23–24). “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin” (Jas 4:17).

Come out of [Mystery Babylon the Great], my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and Elohim has remembered her iniquities. (Rev 18:4–5)

And what agreement has the temple of Elohim with idols? For you are the temple of the living Elohim. As Elohim has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their Elohim, And they shall be My people. Therefore “Come out from among them and be separate,” says Adonai. “Do not touch what is unclean,  and I will receive you.” (2 Cor 6:16–17)

 

16 thoughts on “25 Reasons I Don’t Celebrate Christmas

  1. you shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free….from paganism and the “lies we inherited from our fathers.” Hallelu-YAH!!!!.

  2. I heard you say it before xmas is not ALL wrong.. What it is is mixed with some truths AND lies.. that makes it a lie and from the father of lies..

    Elohim never lies nor mixes lies with His truth..

    It all stems back to the TREE of knowledge of good AND EVIL.. Satan knows we won’t fall for anything all evil so he deceives and mixes some truths with lies (like rat poison) He has alot of the world deceived they are celebrating Yahshua’s birthday when in fact it’s the birthday/celebration of most pagan god’s NOT Yahshua

    Now in our generation xmas has become a tradition that most people were taught by their parents and grandparents and have fond memories of and think is fine.. They want their children to have the same traditions.

    They would rather keep tradition even though they know it’s a lie over truth.. That is the part i have hard time understanding..

    We show them exactly what the word says. We show them exactly the paganism involved in xmas and they still choose the lie of the truth.. It’s unbelievable.. and disheartening.. xmas and easter are very divisive in my families and others I see..

    I can’t wait for His return so we can live in world without all this garbage…

    yep. I know this is really nothing compared to what is coming.. It’s all testing and trying..

    🙂

  3. Who would you rather serve tradition and mammon or yaHoVaH??As for me and my house we choose to serve YaHoVaH! We have lived lies all our lives that have brought curses upon our families. Now that TRUTH is coming forward the choice should be rather simple. Sure it is hard to give up but it comes down to WHO do you love more???

  4. As always, excellent job of compiling biblical facts. I am fairly new to the pagan connection of Christmas and Easter; but knew it didn’t feel right. I thank Yah for revealing it; truly those who seek will find. I have been working on my own list. May I use yours in spreading the truth? I can only imagine how free the “church” would be if they got this revelation; no stress, no debt, and no fighting to keep Christmas a so-called ‘freedom of religion’ act. What a huge victory over the enemy that would be!

    • Sure. Use my list. Just write it in your own words or else it’s plagiarism, which is unethical and illegal. If you do quote it exactly, give an attribution. The most important things is to spread the truth in love.

  5. Thank you so very much for putting this together.. posted on FB and sending out as a email.. however i rarely go out for a pegan holiday, i did yesterday and it’s funny they were catholic.. i did mention that it was a pegan holiday and i , “we” were not pegan.. hope they got the message..asking our Heavenly Father for His power & Spirit when speaking.. #21, i would go into any situation if He calls me.
    His humble bond servant, dephane

  6. just reading & catching up on the latest blog articles…interesting all of the above comments on the paganism behind Christmas ..gave it up in 2003 as my youngest son was in prep @ the time ..( we could not afford to celebrate it @ the time back in 2003,explained firmly and gently to my sons why we should not be bothered with it.
    weaned off it so to speak and it was such a relief & like detoxing from the things of the world.

    in 2004-2005.. Elohim thru his spirit was getting me to research the paganism of its background,,,that brought such release also….standing in my living room i was getting the word Christ Mass ….i picked up a small book on my study desk & as i went to the back of it, flicking thru the pages was the title how pagan is Christmas? ( such a mixture) .
    one of the points i picked up on was that the 25 th December was chosen in preference to 6th January( called the Epiphany ) but switched to 25 th by Rome ….the 25th was to celebrate Mithras the god of the soldiers of the Roman legions…Mithraism ..

    i rang the pastors of the church i attended @ the time and wanted to speak with them to tell what i had found.It met with mixed reactions …and as others heard what i had mentioned..namely !1 person in the main office who worked closely alongside of the pastor & his wife..had great joy in letting me know her thoughts on the matter of christmas …by approaching me in a strange manner looking me in the face & saying Oh …I just love christmas rubbing it in so to speak….so I chose to use my God bubble good one FJ…& Natan…..& realised the spirit I was confronting……now 2016 & we as a family have stayed faithful with Yahs help in not celebrating it.It is just a normal day for us.,but boy the dark,mixed Babylonial spirit that is behind it; candy coated with all the right terminology,etc….the world and the mainstream churches find it hard to give up…it really is an abomination ;imagine what Elohim thinks of it.
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    • What is also interesting to us, hubby and I, is how we see in false teaching with this in particular the denomination that don’t celebrate any holiday. most false doctrines get something in their teaching’s that sound good.. but here in this scripture is the answers John 3:19
      And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

      • Thank you for your comment salt of the earth & light of the world person -blog..John 3:19 …one person way ( man in his late 60’s mature believer ) back who prayed with me at a church conference training school said he saw me like a little bright light….& that the father would use me. Yes to tell the truth AMEIN. Bless u all.

  7. Christine Chapman,
    The saltoftheeartlightoftheworld name came about threw friend’s that wanted to a bible study over this last summer.. we talked about it & doing it a few different way’s. This seemed to work, but not really.. 5-7 girlfriend’s said they wanted, but only one commented and she was following false teaching’s..for me it did not matter, if only 1 is saved hallelujah! Not that the one that commented has been saved, only our Father in Heaven know’s.. blessed to find believers that don’t mold Elohim to human beliefs..

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