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Merry Christmas to you and your family...
Nice post...

I pray and believe that more people will come to realize that "Jesus is the reason for the season" God in his mighty power can take situations to remind others that He is near.
I think now more than ever it is up to those who have a relationship with Christ to reach out and show others His love, grace and mercy...There is no better time than Christmas to share the good news.

"Oh what could I give to a child so small
Oh what could I give to Him
I know He is worth more than gold on this earth
Oh the child whose come for our sin
What could I give?
What would you give?

That idea of co-opted holidays is revisionist 'spin', used to justify someone's sense of righteousness.
Christ was born so we celebrate his birth because he was among other things human.
He rose, from the dead, after being buried, just before the Passover celebration, so we celebrate.
Eleven months out of the year Catholics are called pagans because they have statues in their churches, then around Christmas out comes the Nativity scenes.
We just like to look at our friends all year.

It's hard to fathom how you can believe the History channel, when you read that say Jesus' 'supposed birth' and alleged resurrection. They are clearly secular, and that is not another word for unbiased, it more closely means unbelieving.
Even what they say about the 4th of July is a clear attack at the heart of the celebration, the Declaration was dated after all JULY 4, 1776.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas

The Bible is more or less a Novella -- a collection of works by different authors. What concerns me most is that the general public, ie. most of the bloggers on this site, chose the authors in this great Book to follow. If you really read ALL of the Book, you wouldn't be able to lead your normal, everyday lives. There are too many things in the old and new Testaments that just don't jive -- so those of you talking about this Season, and what it really means, unless you follow EVERY command in this Book, you're just as bad as the rest of us that actually find this Season to be joyfull and peaceful. Just remember ONE of the rules of this great Novella - to treat your neighbor (everyone you meet) as you would like to be treated -- trust me, this city would be a much better place. Merry Christmas and God Bless!

You'll have those who will fight tooth and nail over these exact locations, and never see the reality over the symbolic or understand the symbolism of the realities. Example-Were there 3 Magi, star gazers?, and did they come to the 'city of bread' Bethlehem?
Apparently the shredding of the word of God into 'sound bites' has become blood sport for our new 'profits' (spelling intentional).

My point is Yes, but whether they came to the manger, or after the celebration at the Temple, is not the vital element of the story.

I may have mispoke-I think Bethlehem translates to 'house of bread' as in the bread that came down from heaven.

The traditions that accompany the celebrations are not the ones spoken against in Paul's epistles.
People's need to associate the Easter bunny with fertility idols, thereby making it an evil transgression of God's purpose is just rediculous.
Time would be better spent speaking against real evil, like abortion.

"Christian" churches are not only accepting homosexuality today but even ordaining homosexuals as their leaders, even though the bible speaks out against homosexuality also. They also have their excuses to explain away their choice to do so, the same as those who are too lazy to leave those churches have their excuses so stay and follow man instead of following Jesus.

Choose the easy ways of ignoring God to follow man's church leaders, as they change what Jesus stands for over the centuries that He is not here to stop them, if you wish. Everyone has the God given freedom of choice to turn our back on God if we love our physical pleasures and material lives reveling among man more than we love God.

I say no matter how it got started as long as I celebrate it for the birth of Jesus or the resurrection of Jesus it is a beautiful holiday.

most people are just out to spoil there families and a lot of people are lying if they act if they care about the relegious aspect to x-mass. satan may have something to with it who knows for sure?

the chirst child was born some where in march accourding to the roman history books i think it says around the 5th of march . what does any god need with roal gold or any gold , incents or much less myrrr, does heaven stink? do we need gold in heaven ,man next life gonna be like this one the rich get richer an pooor get poorer i guess =bha humbug an besides easter is the the more important holiday supose to be cause that when christ is supose to have broke the bounds of death for our mortal soul = again tho he didn't say we need gold ! is this another ploy so only christ has the gold an us nothiong? like here on earth got me a born again non believer !! thanks to the al mighty $$$$$$$$