![]() God does not approve of the blending of pagan customs with pure worship. You, though, may wonder what is wrong with following these seemingly innocent customs. “When we give or receive Christmas gifts, and hang green wreaths in our homes and churches, how many of us know that we are probably observing pagan customs?” - The Externals of the Catholic Church Regarding some of these customs, the book The Externals of the Catholic Church observed: “When we give or receive Christmas gifts, and hang green wreaths in our homes and churches, how many of us know that we are probably observing pagan customs?” These include Santa Claus, as well as using mistletoe and the Christmas tree, exchanging gifts, burning candles and Yule logs, hanging decorative wreaths, and caroling. Second, many scholars agree that most Christmas traditions have their roots in non-Christian and pagan customs. In contrast, he did command his followers to commemorate his death. The Christian Book of Why notes that “the early Christians refused to set aside a date marking Jesus’ birth” because they wanted “to divorce themselves from all pagan practices.” Interestingly, the Bible gives no indication that Jesus ever celebrated his own birthday or anyone else’s. However, historians widely concur that the date of his birth is unknown. However, they are clouded by the dark side of this holiday.įirst, many celebrants believe that Christmas is a birthday celebration for Jesus. By themselves, these are undoubtedly worthy deeds. Others think about God or devote time to helping the poor or needy. Some enjoy festive times with friends and family. If the content contained herein violates any of your rights, including those of copyright, and/or violates any the above mentioned factors, you are requested to immediately notify us using via the following email address operanews-external(at)opera.Millions of people worldwide celebrate Christmas for various reasons. Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. But after all, it's not right to judge, so let's see there reason for that decision.Īmong the groups that do not mark Christmas Ate Deeper Life Bible Church, seventh Day Adventist Church, God's Kingdom Society with headquarters in Warri, Jehovah's Witnesses and Mountain of Fire.Ĭontent created and supplied by: Dtext (via Opera But it will definitely surprise you that there are some certain people who are Christians, but they don't celebrate Christmas, well should that be true or just stupidity? Actually it's really hilarious, but to my own understanding and opinion it's not right. No doubt, the time has come and the time is now. It's also time to visit our family, friends and enemies. It's now time to brush our teeth, it's time to prepare our stomachs for a war, it's time to polish our shoes. Now, have you ever been to any Nigerian occasion? Actually it's not something you should joke with. ![]() The reason for this is because of their love for occasions that has to do with enjoyment and I sure of that fact. This is very common in the spirits of Nigerians. People are known to be so unpredictable especially when it has to do with celebration. On this day, Reverend Freeman went with Reverend Townsend to celebrate the first Christmas in Nigeria on Decemunder the Agia tree. Most homes will have an artificial Christmas tree. Christmas in Nigeria is a family event, a time when lots of family members come together to celebrate and have fun then, on Christmas Morning, they go to church to give thanks to God.
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