The Lies of Christmas

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 unknowingly, 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