Just to be precise. We did celebrate Jesus all the time. And we even celebrated his birth at times. Hark the Herald was in our song books, and I can remember singing it once or twice--just never at Christmas time.
We just did not celebrate his birth as part of Christmas, and we were adamant that no one should.
I celebrate the birth of Jesus at Christmas now, so obviously I don't think it is wrong, but I still don't think it is necessary. There were Christians on this earth for a couple of centuries before any of them started celebrating Christmas, and they were able to serve God without it.
But I think I understand what you mean. It was kind of strange taking Jesus out of Christmas for religious reasons. I do remember at times when I was very steeped in traditional Church of Christ doctrine that I wondered if it would not be best to simply not celbrate Chreistmas in any fashion at all, and there were a few members of the conservative Churches of Christ that took that very approach. But most of us put up trees and exchanged presents and such.
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