Chris Pinto usually covers this every year at Christmas. Here is last year's episode:
From Christmas 2020:
Here are some notes:
199AD Churches began celebrating the birth of Christ
Christmas trees are not Asherah poles. Search for "asherah poles" online to see the difference.
Christmas trees don't show up until the time of Martin Luther. One Lutheran historian claims that Luther was the first one to have a Christmas tree but it's not believed by many Lutherans.
Some believe Christmas trees are a fulfilment of prophecy:
Isiah 60:13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree and the box together to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
From Christmas 2019:
He explains that Jeremiah 10 refers to carving idols out of wood and overlaying them with gold or silver. These were then worshipped as gods--nothing to do with the modern Christmas tree. (BTW he makes reference to the making of idols of Mary.)
He does not do Santa Claus and the elves, but focuses on the birth of Jesus Christ.
"The practice of remembering the things that God has done on an annual basis or a regular basis and teaching it to your kids, this is something that we're shown over and over again in the old testament."
The Christmas Tree is a post reformation invention and often traced to Martin Luther, though not believed by all historians.
Q. Is the Christmas date, Dec 25 the feast of Saturnalia?
A. No, that was Dec 17th - 23rd.
The 25th was actually chosen because from Jewish tradition, a prophet dies on the day of his conception. The date of Christ's death was said to be March 25, so that was chosen as the date of his conception. So you can add 9 months months which takes you to Dec 25.
Some will try to argue that it's the worship of Saul Invictus, but in reality Saul Invictus worship begins in 274 AD, about 75 years after the first recorded Christmas celebration by Christians.
He says that he has spoken before that the worship of Saul Invictus seems to have been imposed to try and cover up the Christian holiday; not the other way around.
Chris Pinto usually covers this every year at Christmas. Here is last year's episode:
From Christmas 2020:
Here are some notes:
199AD Churches began celebrating the birth of Christ
Christmas trees are not Asherah poles. Search for "asherah poles" online to see the difference.
Christmas trees don't show up until the time of Martin Luther. One Lutheran historian claims that Luther was the first one to have a Christmas tree but it's not believed by many Lutherans.
Some believe Christmas trees are a fulfilment of prophecy:
Isiah 60:13 The glory of Lebanon shall common unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree and the box together to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
From Christmas 2019:
He explains that Jeremiah 10 refers to carving idols out of wood and overlaying them with gold or silver. These were then worshipped as gods--nothing to do with the modern Christmas tree. (BTW he makes reference to the making of idols of Mary.)
He does not do Santa Claus and the elves, but focuses on the birth of Jesus Christ.
"The practice of remembering the things that God has done on an annual basis or a regular basis and teaching it to your kids, this is something that we're shown over and over again in the old testament."
The Christmas Tree is a post reformation invention and often traced to Martin Luther, though not believed by all historians.
Q. Is the Christmas date, Dec 25 the feast of Saturnalia?
A. No, that was Dec 17th - 23rd.
The 25th was actually chosen because from Jewish tradition, a prophet dies on the day of his conception. The date of Christ's death was said to be March 25, so that was chosen as the date of his conception. So you can add 9 months months which takes you to Dec 25.
Some will try to argue that it's the worship of Saul Invictus, but in reality Saul Invictus worship begins in 274 AD, about 75 years after the first recorded Christmas celebration by Christians.
He says that he has spoken before that the worship of Saul Invictus seems to have been imposed to try and cover up the Christian holiday; not the other way around.