This is an excellent message on the subject given by Pastor Jim McClarty of Grace Christian Assembly in Smyrna, TN from several years ago.  WARNING: If you are a believer and enjoy your Christmas traditions, don’t watch this. It’s a game changer!

This video is a good presentation and summation.

Now that we have a rudimentary understanding of the pagan origins of christmas (never again capitalized in my world) and why Christians should shun it, let’s examine a part of the celebration in a little more detail: the movies.  This particular task came as not only a rude awakening to me, but also a rather painful one, as one of my many christmas traditions was collecting and watching every christmas movie ever produced, or at least the decent ones. continue reading »

The title for this post will probably not surprise many.  The origin of christmas is well researched and the information is widely available.  However you won’t find it in very many churches.  In spite of many protestant churches taking a ‘hard stance’ against the practices of the Roman church calling itself catholic, in reality most of these churches still practice rituals of the Roman church, and among the most popular is christmas. continue reading »