Christmas: The Unscriptural Christian Holiday

Christmas is in the unique position of being an entirely Christian holiday, yet entirely without biblical support or precedence. On the one hand, Christmas is, once again, an entirely Christian holiday, as evidenced by its very name, “CHRISTmas.” Right or wrong, like it or not, the holiday was established over a millennium ago to celebrate the birth of Jesus; there is no getting around or ignoring this. On the other hand, however, the Bible not only fails to give a command, example or implication of the New Testament church remembering and celebrating the birth of Jesus, the Bible does not even tell us on what day His birthday falls! The Bible is silent on the matter of remembering His birth (which does not save us), but it does speak concerning His death, burial and resurrection (which does save us). When we assemble together on the first day of every week (Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2), we partake of a memorial feast in which we proclaim the Lord’s death (1 Corinthians 11:26). This holiday season will present us with many opportunities for teaching; let us make the most of them and spread the true good news about Jesus (Romans 5:7-10).