Every year I repost these essays because every year I keep hearing the same old tired anti-Christmas rhetoric from a vocal minority of well-meaning Christians. I really don't want to return to this issue each year and rework everything. So here it is again. I hope it helps.Christmas Time is Here Again - An introduction to the issues.
The Reformation and The Celebration of Christmas - Have Protestant churches regularly observed Advent and Christmas?
What did John Calvin Think about Christmas?
Isn't Christmas Really A Roman Catholic Holiday? - Why should Protestants observe it?
Isn't Christmas really just a Roman Catholic Mass? - More on the supposed Roman Catholic origins of Christmas
But Christmas is a Roman Catholic HOLY DAY. - Even more on the supposed Roman Catholic character of Christmas.
Isn't Christmas rooted in a pagan holiday?- A critique of the idea that Christmas was pagan holiday incorporated into the church year.
What about all of the pagan symbolism and ceremony associated with Christmas?
Surely you have to admit that the Christmas tree was originally a pagan symbol.
Doesn't Christmas violate the regulative principle of worship? - The Bible doesn't talk about Christmas!
What about the whole "Church Year" thing? - How can we follow a calendar that's not biblical?
But when the Church celebrates Christmas it's an imposition on my conscience. - Why should I be forced to observe Christmas?
Wait! Observing "days and years" is all Old Testament Religion! - We've been freed from all those festivals and observances, right?
Is there any warrant from the Bible for commemorative annual festivals?
But what difference does it really make? - Does the church need to have a church year calendar of annual feasts?
I can't shake the feeling that all of this is too pagan – Isn't all of this symbolic stuff (trees, seasons, etc.) just nature worship?
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