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Christmas Without Christ?

Whether it is possible to have Christmas without Christ is an individual freedom. There are those who exercise their religious freedom by choosing to celebrate Christmas as a holiday that revolves around presents and Santa Clause.

While others of us choose to use our religious freedom to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. For us it would be impossible to have Christmas without Christ because quite simply, Jesus is the reason for our season. Jesus is the reason we celebrate.

The fact that God gave us the greatest gift imaginable we also give gifts to those we love. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. Likewise in celebration of the birth of our Savior we give gifts to those we love on Christmas.

While it is known that Christmas began as a variety of Pagan celebrations there is no reason why everyone cannot celebrate in the way they see fit. Which for Christians around the world means celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Christmas time has been for years a combination of celebrations just as America is a combination of different cultures and religions. Which means no one should be left out. Everyone should be allowed to celebrate according to their religious or non-religious beliefs.

For years, the word for Christmas has been Christmas. Regardless of how each person or family celebrated, everyone called it Christmas. Now suddenly when everyone wants to be offended by everything under the sun people suddenly want to force Christians to celebrate Christmas without Christ.

For a Christian, Christmas without Christ is just another day. Christmas with Christ is a day of rejoicing. Sure Santa is fun but Santa is just a fictional creation dreamed up by some imaginative mind. Whereas, Jesus Christ is very real to those who know him and accept him.

Therefore, I have to say that no Christmas without Christ is not possible. For me Christmas is a time to celebrate the awesome wondrous blessings that my Lord and Savior has blessed me with. I rejoice in the colored lights and beautiful decorations.
While we understand and know that December 25th is not the actual day of Jesus birth that is the day set aside to celebrate his birth. We are not asking for a special holiday for religious reasons. We are only asking to be allowed the freedom of celebrating Christmas in a way that is of importance to us.

Those who do not believe in Jesus want to pretend that he is fictional simply because they

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