Should a Christian celebrate christmas or easter?

Not on blatantly false dates that were only chosen to coincide with worshipping other gods.

Whatever may have been the ancient origin, that is now past history and there is no changing the date.

However, the Bible gives Christians the liberty to either hold certain days in esteem, or simply disregard them. So why don't you simply disregard the celebration of the birth of Christ?

After all one simply has to ask an unbeliever "Do you know whose birthday is being celebrated?" Chances are most will say "It's the birthday of Jesus" or "It's the birthday of Jesus Christ" (they will probably not say "the Lord Jesus Christ"). Then you could ask them "Do you know who Jesus is and why He came to this earth?" Chances are that this person will say "No, I really do not know". Well then that is your opportunity to share the Gospel.

Why couldn't there be a changing of the date? Doing things a certain way just because its the way we've always done it, knowing full well it's not correct is ignorant and prideful.
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I choose to celebrate Jesus' birth during the Biblical Fall Feasts days, which is closest to His actual birth. I believe worshipping and celebrating God in worship AND in truth (or accuracy) is important to genuine worship.

I think this excercise can be helpful, until we meet someone who knows that Jesus wasn't born on December 25th or anywhere close to it. Then the knowledgable skeptic can ask in return "Why do you celebrate on a day that you know isn't correct?" And then we're left to explain and defend pagan worship, syncretism and man-made tradition.

Celebrating Jesus's birth is a worthy form of worship, I just think it should be done more accurately.

I think this excercise can be helpful, until we meet someone who knows that Jesus wasn't born on December 25th or anywhere close to it. Then the knowledgable skeptic can ask in return "Why do you celebrate on a day that you know isn't correct?" And then we're left to explain and defend pagan worship, syncretism and man-made tradition.

Do you, as a Christian, celebrate christmas or easter and what do you think of it?

Christmas
Fact #1
The Bible never mentions the word "christmas", neither does it ask us to celebrate something on December 25th.

Fact #2
"But I only celebrate it to honor Him..." The only way to remember Jesus is the way He asked us, of course:

And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
- 1 Cor 11:24-26

Fact #3
December 25th used to be the day on which the sun god was worshiped in the Roman empire. It was not the date of birth of Christ.


Easter
Fact #1
The Bible never mentions the word "easter", neither does it ask us to celebrate something on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring.

Fact #2
The word "easter" in Acts 12:4 is transliterated from the Greek word for Pasha. The word "easter" is derived from "eostre/eastre" of the Babylonian pagans.

Fact #3
If we should be celebrating a specific feast, God would have definitely put it in His Word to make sure. After all, all the feasts the Jews celebrate each year are found in the Bible. They are: 1. Passover, 2. Unleavened bread, 3. Firstfruits, 4. Pentecost, 5. Feast of trumpets, 6. Day of atonement, 7. Feast of tabernacles.

Yet, we can't find a verse that states:
"Behold! The Lord thy God hath made thee an appointed time to remember the lamb which was slain for mankind; it shall be at the twelfth month and on the twenty fifth day of the month that ye shall have a feast and on it ye shall eat, and ye shall drink, and ye shall take a tree for thy house and shall put it there as an ornament. This hath the Lord of hosts spoken, and ye shall do it as I am the Lord thy God."


Both christmas as well as easter have no origin in the Bible, neither did the first apostles celebrate these feasts.
Do you celebrate them and what are your thoughts on it?

No hate comments please! Show me where I have stated something that is a lie. Show me where it says in the Bible we should celebrate christmas or easter the way many Christians do.

In the ancient days they thought it would be easier to transfer to Christianity by keeping a lot of the pagan traditions and switching it to Christian. So that's why it aligns like that.

You have to be careful and actually read the Bible for it instead of relying on "stories" from the holidays.

I love it though. If you have kids it's a huge mistake not celebrating Christmas and Easter. If you take away everything fun your child won't care to be a Christian or be miserable in the process. It's a great way to teach the Bible around holidays. I love the Christmas music and movies (some which are Christian). It's a great tradition.

I had a student whose family was jehova witness. They don't celebrate any holidays including birthdays. I would always get a rant about the holidays..basically every month. But you know what I may have been the only person to ever wish this kid happy birthday and give him 1 day to feel special. The thought is depressing and almost seems abusive, but at the very least very sad. If you ever listened to the song "mad world" then you will understand... the tradegy of taking holidays away from kids.

"Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
And I feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen"

The issue isn't that people aren't studied up on the subject. There averages 2-3 anti-Christmas threads, and at least one anti-Easter thread every year. And I've been here since 2011.
I personally object to this "Pagan roots" complaint with the fact that you are surrounded daily, and use daily, things with Pagan origins, yet do so without complaint. I've yet to meet anyone that is equally as verbally outspoken and vehemently driven to purge Other Pagan based things out of their life, or the lives of others.
And every year I post this point and have yet to see anyone of them acknowledge it or accept that it's a double standard.

Good Points, but please explain: purge Other Pagan based things out of their life, or the lives of others. ?

If a Christian wants to celebrate Jesus' birth, death or resurrection, they should celebrate them truthfully and accurately. Not on blatantly false dates that were only chosen to coincide with worshipping other gods. A Christian should care about worshipping God in spirit and in truth instead of according to the traditions of men.

Well two examples are wedding rings and the names of the days of the week. Days of the week are named after pagan God's. Wedding rings are rooted in paganism. But I don't see anyone making threads on those topics. Those people will wear wedding rings though. And daily honor pagan gods.

At the end of the day, after the arguments are done, days like Easter and Christmas are what each of us individually make of them.

At the end of the day, after the arguments are done, days like Easter and Christmas are what each of us individually make of them.

I hear what you are saying but God calls us to 'no compromise'...we can't be lukewarm and celebrate pagan holidays and not celebrate the Biblical Feasts in the Bible. Remember God hates the lukewarm.

I hear what you are saying but God calls us to 'no compromise'...we can't be lukewarm and celebrate pagan holidays and not celebrate the Biblical Feasts in the Bible. Remember God hates the lukewarm.