Christmas without Jesus

[Jesus_is_Saint]

Many people celebrate Christmas without Jesus, what's the meaning?

 

[Strathos]

Ask them.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

When I was in grade school the teacher wrote "Christmas" in big letters across the blackboard, then tasked us with making up as many words as we could from those letters. To my memory no one presented the word "Christ".

 

[Brennenstuhl]

I would say part of it is culture and fun. They grew up with it, it's fun, and even the unsaved can get behind some the warm and fuzzy values like family that are part of the traditions. There's also the materialism aspect of presents.

Of course, there is an upside to the cultural inertia. Like with Easter, many people who normally wouldn't care will make a trip to a church sermon as a special occasion thing. Many won't come again until Easter, but it's still a good possible 'hook' for the Holy Spirit to do its work through.

 

[carolina16]

Because people with total to satisfy the desires of their perverse heart (celebrate) do not care if the Lord was not born on that date. People in the flesh.

 

[abysmul]

The modern cultural part of Christmas is enjoyable to me, and yet I do not find Biblical support for the "holy day" of December 25th being the birth date of Christ (or any Biblical directive to set it apart from any other day).

 

[Tomm]

Many people celebrate Christmas without Jesus, what's the meaning?

They thought Christmas is about Santa.