Im just asking if its right if a christan celebrates christmas the way people do with presents and a christmas tree.I know its a simple question that probably needs more details but i don’t know 
.My parents use to question that if it was right or wrong they just said it was wrong to celebrate it the way people celebrate it but they have done that this year.
Jesus is the reason we celebrate the season
December 28th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
I don’t think it’s right or wrong. I think the important thing is if you celebrate Christmas, remember what you are celebrating and don’t let the presents get in the way of it.
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December 28th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
a lot of "holly days " that we celebrate are un GODLY
and have strong Pagan roots connected to them…. u must ask why u do this instead of just following what our parents do!!!!
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December 28th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Jesus is the reason we celebrate the season
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December 28th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Christmas is not a Christian celebration or feast, and is not when Jesus was born.
I do not however believe it is wrong to celebrate Christmas for the right reasons especially the giving part of it. I don’t like it when it becomes too commercialised and about what you can get.
The feasts Christians are meant to celebrate are:
Passover
Feast of Unleavened Bread
Pentecost
Feast of Trumpets
Day of Atonement
Feast of Tabernacles
Last Great Day
Jesus was born six months after John the Baptist so we know that this would have been September to October time around the Feast of Tabernacles. The exact date is not known.
We do know that if God wanted the date to be celebrated he would have included it in the Bible as he is quite specific and explicit around the Feasts and Days we are to celebrate and give thanks so would have recorded it.
It is not by Christ’s birth that we are saved but by his death on the cross and our repentance and faith in him, and the keeping of all his commandments.
Jesus has always existed, therefore his birth as a mortal man was not the start of his life, just the start of his flesh and blood life on Earth when he came to die for our salvation so we may be reconciled to God.
Before Jesus was sent as our savior he was the Word. The Word and God have co-existed always and are without end of life or beginning of days, and without descent.
Christmas was hijacked from the pagans. I believe it was Emperor Constantine who brought it in along with Easter. He was a pagan and it wasn’t until later that he became the first "Church of Rome" Emperor when he converted.
No one used a calendar that measured time in years before or after the birth of Jesus. There was no “B.C.” or A.D.” number at the time. Most historians believe Jesus was probably born no later than October.
If God intended for us to celebrate Christ’s birthday, He would have had the Scriptures record the time of His birth, as well as the location. The exact date is not known, yet evidence points to an autumn birth. By contrast, note how carefully God documents the times of His Holy Days in Leviticus 23.
Luke 2:8 provides the first indication, telling us that the flocks were still in the fields at night. The nights were very cold and blustery in the winter and the flocks were brought in for the winter season of mid-October to mid-March.
Another indication is the fact that Jesus was born six months after John the Baptist Luke 1:24–26. 36). The question then becomes, when was John the Baptist, son of Zachariah, conceived? Because Zacharias’ priestly functions were carried out during the course of Abijah, at the time of the angel’s appearance (Luke 1:5–20), John’s conception occurred in mid-June, as verses 23–24 indicate. Thus, he would have been born in about mid-March. Therefore, Christ’s birth had to be in early autumn.
Another compelling point is that at the time of Christ’s birth, the area of Jerusalem was very crowded with visitors, because of the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles. So crowded, in fact, that there was “no room in the inn,” (Luke 2:7) and Christ had to be born in a stable.
People took advantage of this annual journey to Jerusalem to pay their taxes (see Luke 2:1–5, because they were collected at this time of the year, not in the dead of winter when travel was difficult.
Leviticus 23:24–40 proves that the seventh month was the time in question. When we combine Luke 2:1–5 and John 7:2–10 we see evidence of Jesus’ parents traveling to Jerusalem for the spring and fall Holy Days.
While there is virtually no evidence of Christ being born on December 25, there is abundant evidence of an early autumn birth. The world celebrates Christ’s birth in a pagan winter solstice “season,” when, in fact, our Savior was born during a fall festival season that actually pictures the salvation of mankind.
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December 28th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
We certainly do need to stay mindful of not getting sucked up into the tremendous commercialism and greed that can be present. If you center yourself on what is really important to you about the season, you will be just fine. If you are a Christian, concentrate on what that means to you. If you are not, think about the joy of having the love of family and friends around you and the joy of giving to them.
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December 28th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Most Christians would not celebrate christmas if is was not for the gifts and such. They say they would, but they would treat it just like any other Sunday. They would sit at church, watching the clock, waiting to get out and sin.
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December 28th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
As long as the focus is not just on materialism, than mixing a bit of the common traditions (gifts and trees, etc) in with the original purpose of worshiping Jesus’s birth might be a good way to celebrate.
Make sure that the purpose of having gifts is to "give" to others … not to amass material goods in the hopes that they will satisfy you.
Have a Nativity Set as the focus of you holiday decor with a tree complimenting it, not overshadowing it. And decorate your tree with ornaments that remind you of Jesus, (angels, stars, nativity sets, lambs, camels, wisemen, etc.)
Go Christmas Caroling or simply sing Christmas Carols at home with your family (like "Oh Holy Night" and "Silent Night", not "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" or Mommy kissing Santa Clause or whatever).
And don’t forget to remember Jesus and His message during this auspicious time when the whole world celebrates His birth. Read His teachings, pray to Lord Jesus and glorify Him.
note to John 1000:
I do not celebrate Jesus’s death, I celebrate His life and His teachings (He taught by example how we should live our lives).
I do not rejoice in Jesus’s suffering. Yes, He sacrificed for us, but we should be deeply ashamed of this and indebted to Him, not glad that He died just so that we wouldn’t have to burn in hell or something.
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December 28th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Jehovah’s witnesses don’t exchange gifts.
I go to mass all through advent, meaning yes I do leave work to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, then of course the midnight mass and the mass on Christmas morning.
It’s neither right or wrong.
Why do Jewish people give gifts for Hannaka when it’s supposed to be the celebration of the oil lasting for a week when there was enough for one night and destruction by the forces of the King of Syria (something like this, sorry I am not 100% on Judaism).
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December 28th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
I think it is wrong because it is hypocrytical.
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December 28th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
It is a time to honor the Gennesis (Begetting) of our Lord.
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Luke 1:5