the modern war on Christmas is waged by
secularists but did you know the
original warrant Christmas was actually
waged by Christians it's time to unlearn
the lies hey welcome to unlearn my name
is Lex and I'd like to invite you to
join us each week as we unlearn the lies
and dig deeper into the truth of God's
Word now let's get started have you ever
wondered how the first American settlers
celebrated Christmas it might surprise
you to find out that they didn't in fact
during the 17th century the Puritans had
laws forbidding the celebration of
Christmas the original war on Christmas
was waged during the 16th and 17th
century by Protestant Christians who
opposed the pagan traditions of the
Catholic Church the pilgrims who came to
America in 1620 were strict Puritans
with firm views against holidays such as
Christmas and Easter rejecting them
because of the pagan origins they were
particularly contemptuous of Christmas
nicknaming it fools tied Christmas
decorations were considered to be unholy
pagan rituals traditional foods such as
mince pies and pudding were banned and
businesses were required to remain open
all day on Christmas they made it
illegal to mention the name of Saint
Nicholas exchange gifts or sing carols
and anyone caught ditching their work
duties or feasting was fined five
shillings around the time of the
American Revolution anti-christmas
sentiment flared up again because
Christmas had become associated with
England for so many years in fact after
the US Constitution came into effect the
Senate assembled on Christmas Day in
1797 as did the house in 1802 we also
see Christmas come up as one of the
issues affecting the Civil War the north
and south were divided over the issue of
slavery as well as Christmas President
Lincoln asked Thomas Nast to create a
drawing of Santa Claus with some Union
soldiers this image of Santa's
supporting the North had a demoralizing
influence on the Confederate Army many
people in the North considered it a sin
to sell their christmas while Christmas
was an important celebration in the
south this is why it's no surprise that
the first states to legalize Christmas
were the southern states of Alabama
Louisiana and
consol the banner Christmas remained in
New England until 1856 when Christmas
became a legal holiday even then some
schools continue to hold classes on
December 25th until 1870 when president
ulysses s grant declared it a federal
holiday although the change was gradual
people eventually began to embrace the
holiday in all of its fullness complete
with trees wreaths mistletoe and Santa
Claus now listen to what the well-known
preacher Charles Spurgeon had to say
about Christmas
we have no superstitious regard for
times and seasons certainly we do not
believe in the present ecclesiastical
arrangement called Christmas first
because we do not believe in the mass at
all but abour it whether it be said or
sung in Latin or in English and secondly
because we find no scriptural warrant
whatsoever for observing any day as the
birth of our Savior and consequently its
observance is a superstition because not
of divine authority when it can be
proved that the observance of Christmas
Whitsuntide and other Pope ish festivals
was ever instituted by a divine statute
we also will attend to them but not
until then it is as much our duty to
reject the traditions of men as to
observe the ordinances of the Lord we
ask concerning every write and rubric is
this a law of the God of Jacob and if it
be not clearly so it is of no authority
with us who walk in Christian Liberty
the more recent years another
interesting war on Christmas has come to
the surface involving Wiccans and
atheists who celebrate the holiday in
all of its festivities and traditions
but reject Christ these people are
trying to bring back awareness that
Christmas traditions come from ancient
pagan celebrations and actually have
nothing to do with Christ or the Bible I
have met several practicing pagans who
actually laugh at Christians for
celebrating Christmas because of its
deeply pagan roots these people have
caused many business owners and
government officials to feel pressure to
remove the word Christmas and replace it
with holiday or season to avoid
offending non-christians this is what
people today refer to as the war on
Christmas as a result many Protestant
Christians today are upset and offended
claiming that we need to put Christ back
into Christmas
however this stands in stark contrast
many of the early Protestants who
claimed that Christmas has nothing to do
with Christ this is an interesting shift
from Christians who once boycotted
Christmas to Christians who now boycott
retail stores for refusing to greet
their customers with the words Merry
Christmas if Christmas is really a
religious holiday about Christ then why
are people so upset when secular retail
stores greet people with happy holidays
or season's greetings
it sounds like Christmas might have more
to do with consumerism than Krishna's
care to admit
I find it quite sad that Protestant
Christians today are fighting so hard to
reclaim unbiblical man-made traditions
that early Protestant reformers once
fought so hard to remove I hope that
puts things into perspective for you
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