Biblical Authorization for Celebrating Christmas
Okay, so we know that it’s sinful, displeasing to God, to celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday, but we saw last time that by the turn of the twentieth century, most Christians who had traditionally opposed Christmas had come around to the by-now traditional trappings of the day: feasting, gift-giving, time with family, and even Christmas trees and Santa Claus. I say most Christians had come around to this notion, not all. In the Churches of Christ, discomfort with Christmas—or even outright rejection—continued to the mid-point of the twentieth century, or even later. But when I was…
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