Should Christians Celebrate Christmas?

One of the tougher questions regarding Christianity is should we celebrate Christmas? I would share my thoughts on is it necessary to celebrate Christmas? Now here's the reality... Christmas is nowhere condemned or instructed in the Holy Scriptures. So let's get two points clear.

First, you have the freedom NOT to celebrate Christmas.

Some Christians tend to find Christmas to be the most hypocritical time of the year. It can be partly true though some may say it's Lent that becomes the most hypocritical time of the year based on observation. People can be "nice" during Christmas then start to become jerks again for the rest of the year. It's always "let's not fight because it's Christmas" then the quarrel happens for the rest of the year, peace during Lent then the conflict returns again.

Some may have suffered tragedies during Christmas. Some may have been betrayed or even inflicted damage during Christmas. It can be understood that some people may choose not to celebrate Christmas. Trauma or death in the family may be a good reason not to celebrate Christmas. Nothing is ethical about celebrating Christmas when a person had just newly died a few days before Christmas or on Christmas.

Forcing people to celebrate Christmas is stupidity at its finest. Compared to the Ten Commandments or the moral laws in the Bible, Christmas is something that is not mandatory.

Second, you have the freedom to celebrate Christmas.

On the other hand, it's wrong to judge Christians who choose to celebrate Christmas as much as it's wrong to make it mandatory. It's not necessarily that people celebrate Christmas that they are hypocritical. Some people want to give double devotion on Christmas. Other Christians may choose to specially devote on the birth of Christ during Christmas while meditating on the rest of the Scripture for the whole year. Nothing is wrong with setting a day apart to celebrate Jesus' birthday even if December 25 is not His birthday. December 25 may be the birthday of Mitra or Horus but remember, Reformation Day occurred during Halloween.

What becomes wrong is if Christians will celebrate Christmas like the rest of the world. Nothing is wrong with churches having Christmas parties. They can go ahead and have some Christmas food, Christian companies aren't practicing Saturnalia when they have Christmas parties and receive 13th month pay. Remember celebrating Christmas can be divorced from its supposed pagan origins. Hanging wreaths or decorating Christmas trees is not idolatry. Jeremiah 10 DOES NOT talk about Christmas trees but graven images (even the King James Bible IN CONTEXT talks about carved images, not Christmas trees).

One can take advantage of Christmas as not only just a celebration but a soulwinning opportunity. Although Charles H. Spurgeon rejected December 25 as the exact birthday of Jesus but he preached Christmas sermons. Certainly, you can really use Christmas as an opportunity to give Gospel tracts in birthday cards, give double to the church offering box, being doubly more charitable than you are while remembering charity is a year long event. It's also the opportunity to give Jesus double the honor than He is to be honored all year round.