tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post5966002668261874516..comments2024-03-19T06:55:13.464-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): The War on Christmas - in colonial AmericaMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-42760613971375707442013-01-17T09:22:36.563-06:002013-01-17T09:22:36.563-06:00Did anyone tell Fox News about the real anti-Chris...Did anyone tell Fox News about the real anti-Christmas warriors? ;)BekkaPoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971810593410692392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-83351706995383489112012-12-26T10:23:54.694-06:002012-12-26T10:23:54.694-06:00Makes sense to me. Seeing as how there's no Bi...Makes sense to me. Seeing as how there's no Biblical or historical precedent for celebrating Christ's birth on December 25, and seeing as how that date was traditionally a pagan holiday, then there's really no reason for Christians to celebrate Christmas. I hold to this view, as do many of the people I know who follow Puritan traditions today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-80797056763567011332012-12-24T12:47:49.002-06:002012-12-24T12:47:49.002-06:00I learned about this from the Presbyterian Meeting...I learned about this from the Presbyterian Meeting House at Colonial Williamsburg -- I was visiting around Christmastime, and they had a "sample sermon" posted there, which ran long the lines you describe.<br /><br />It was logically quite sound, if you accept Presbyterian axioms -- men cannot make days holy, only God can do so, if God had done so it would be in the book, it's not in the book, ergo, Christmas is not a holy day. It went on to explain that there is exactly one holy day described in the book, and it's the Sabbath.<br /><br />I myself am lapsed (in a variety of ways), so happily I can be more flexible.<br /><br />Urban Garlichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268368298201390334noreply@blogger.com