Livin' the life...

On Christmas Day, I did a Merry Christmas post, wishing all my readers the best for the season. In reply to that post a friend of mine posted the following comment:

"Actally Grandad, Christmas is a pagan holiday... and, Jesus probably hates you for celebrating it." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuS9_Cy9l3A

Well, now I've finally got time to reply to this comment and I decided it was best to put it as a new post as opposed to just adding another comment where people may overlook it.

Now first thing, Christmas is not a pagan holiday, CHRISTmas as I've been trying to highlight is a season in which we (as Christians) celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. The confusion here seems to come about in Huey and others because Christmas is celebrated around (or possibly on, depending on which history book you read) the day(s) on which persons celebrated pagan holidays.

Another way people (and Huey) look at it is because Jesus could not have been born in the winter time, thus the entire celebration of Christ's birth is 'wrong'. This first part of this thinking is very very true as Huey shows. HOWEVER, as a Sunday school teacher pointed out to a group of kids lately, if my birthday is on a Tuesday however because of whatever reason, I decide to have a birthday party Saturday, am I not celebrating my birthday on Saturday? IE the day that is NOT my birthday? Come Come people, let's be real and logical.

What I've found based on my research about the date chosen to celebrate Jesus' birth is that "In 350, Pope Julius I declared that Christ’s birth would be celebrated on December 25." [1] [2]. See? So we celebrate it at a different time. Ok? ... Now that that's done. I would like to paste an excerpt from a web site that I stumbled across..

Origin of Christmas - What Really Matters?
The true origin of Christmas is filled with controversy and compromise... Christmas should be nothing more than a simple, yet wonderful reminder of Christ's humble beginning as a human child in this world. His birth merely set the stage for the power, glory, and salvation that would be revealed in His life, death, and resurrection! Whether it's December 25th, sometime in late September, or any other day of the year, we should use each and every opportunity to reflect on Jesus Christ and His message of hope for all of us. [3]