What does God say about Christmas?

I don't know what God thinks about Christmas but whatever he thinks, I bet he doesn't want us to max out on our credit cards at Wally Mart?
 

Christ is a promise fulfilled. His birth was prophesied to generations.

To me, I would guess that God would say celebrate by mass or service or gathering to remember my son, Christ, as a gift to you and all the world. Live by his words and inspiration.

Everything else the "holiday" has turned into has nothing to do with Christ.
 

There is Christmas and there is shopping and that confuses most folks. Many folks strongly believe that the more they use their credit cards to buy more "stuff", they will be happier and the more meaningful Christmas will be.

It is a season of madness that controls many people for almost 2 months. When you think about it, Christmas is on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Christ. Many have told me that all the bright lights and the shopping helps to take their minds off the cold, snow, ice and the long winter nights. I suppose they have a valid argument here.

If you can afford it, there is beautiful warm, sunny weather in South America or Australia but you gotta have the "bucks." Guess a trip to Wally Mart is hack of a lot cheaper than than flight to Sydney, Australia.
 

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We humans evolved from primates on myriad environments of this planet. A 24 hour rotating sphere of matter, goldilocks planet orbiting tilted towards its star at a coincidental optimal angle for 4 fine weather seasons especially at greater latitudes from planet's equator. Given seasons, we have an annual time of year with a unique feel, that when we celebrate a list of things that begins with an ancient-like food harvest festival, Thanksgiving. I'll have a cold turkey sandwich with salt and mayo please. Then a generic mid winter season celebration of our human work, efforts, and production giving us an annual reward worth experiencing. So whether from a religious perspective or a material one, it should be celebrated for the sake of human happiness. Giving to others, especially those one loves as parents and relatives, like children is wonderful. As adults, one loves to see their happiness and energetic joy. Many in my middle class generation greatly value their Christmas experiences. For non-families it can be what the individual makes it. For a few, maybe just yawns.

What we experienced 40+ years ago has evolved in some not so positive ways that reflects a level of media and telecom media era economic driven cultural disjointedness that has come to dominate our floundering human world. There is much to be happy and proud about as humans as well as disappointments. Regardless to celebrate in a giving way once a year, mid winter, is potentially happily good for our human world and our spirit. If we fall short, that doesn't mean we cannot improve and accomplish what we by consensus want by addressing issues, cooperating together. And I'm sure God if he exists, is hoping we with minds to think, are too. His love for everything in this incredible world and universe must be immense and deservedly so. We are part of it. Let us be good too.

How bizarre we would appear to people looking through a time portal from say the 1980s. Although they would see amazing things like our telecom world, they would also cry out, what can we as a society do to not end up going down so many poor paths. Our growing destructive overpopulation is due to somewhat selfish creature basic biology drives most will tend to hide from thinking about if it detracts from personal wealth, enjoyment, and activity. Everyone got quite a dose of how truly fragile our human world's existence and livelihood is from the early pandemic with all the quarantine isolation, unknown fears, societal worldwide disappointments, disgust, and hopefully some wisdom. That it could be far worse, is obvious, as well as other even more serious human caused current threats to our existence.
 
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The Broncos just got two interceptions against KC and scored on both of them, but I think God is just %$#@!ing with them. Or maybe the interceptions were early Xmas gifts. The second half begins after this commercial break. 27 to 14, KC.
 
debodun said:
Nowhere in the Bible is it indicated that we should observe Christ's day of birth in any fashion. The celebration of Christmas stems from pagan rituals that occurred around the winter solstice. Early Christian adapted those to mark the day. We can't know when the actual day was anyway.
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Exactly. Many people fantasize that they know the mind of God, some naively, and some for self importance.
 
Luke 9:35 - And then a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!”

Maybe, the message of the Christmas story is that the way to live is condensed in the Golden Rule - found in Mark 12: 30-31 It is the prelude to the parable of the Good Samaritan

30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
 
I think God says a lot about the Savior, Jesus. Apostle Paul and Silas, when imprisoned, sang songs of praise (Acts 16:25). And that praise very likely included praise of the Savior, Jesus. So you might say Paul and Silas might have sung one of the first Christmas carols!

I know how commercial and even silly Christmas traditions may sometimes become, but I don't think it is wrong to celebrate our Savior, both on Christmas and every other day. And if we also want to make it a day to show love to our family members, friends and others, why not?
 
Warrigal said:
Luke 9:35 - And then a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!”

Maybe, the message of the Christmas story is that the way to live is condensed in the Golden Rule - found in Mark 12: 30-31 It is the prelude to the parable of the Good Samaritan

30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
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The verse you quoted at the top of your post, and the Christmas story, both invalidate what I've been hearing in recent years- the approach that Jesus Christ was God, the same God who created in Genesis...

To the best of my knowledge, neither Christmas nor observing/celebrating Jesus' birth is mentioned anywhere in the Bible... and like others have said, it isn't even possible to know exactly when he was born.
Someone posted above: September; I'd always heard: August. The fact is nobody knows.
 
debodun said:
Nowhere in the Bible is it indicated that we should observe Christ's day of birth in any fashion. The celebration of Christmas stems from pagan rituals that occurred around the winter solstice. Early Christian adapted those to mark the day. We can't know when the actual day was anyway.
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This basically my understanding. I don't celebrate Christmas. I just decided to decorate some after not having any growing up. And if I want to, I can.
 
So many people won't even answer their phones these days because they don't recognize the number on the caller ID. And so many people don't or won't speak or look like nto the eyes of strangers in the street. So what if one of those calls were from "God" or the ne of those street people were one of his messengers?

I appreciate that you're a curious sort in asking this question, OP, but we should ask ourselves why can't we live more like we claim we wish to and not ask so many rhetorical questions that we know will never be answered to anyone's satisfaction.

Merry Christmas everybody! Maybe be that's what god would say. 🎅🏽
 

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