In Is.1:14 - 19, particularly 18, God asks us to use our minds about the hows and whys of what we do, especially in the area of how we worship Him, feasts and festivals we keep and so on. The (one) word translated "reason together" in the KJV also encompasses the ideas of:

to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right, adjudge, appoint, show to be right, convince, convict, chide, argue

So God wants us to consult Him and use our intellegence about why we do what we do. Some questions:

Do you know why we celebrate Yashua's birth on December 25th?

Have you ever questioned why we have a tree with pretty ornaments hung on it?

Or why we often put a star on the top of that tree?

Do you know why "Santa's" outfit is red?

Or why he is show wearing a pointed hat?

I've found answers thanks in no small part to Michael Rood, that are shocking and disturbing; that reveal the inevitability that non-Christians would re-claim a festival that was once theirs.

The whole business of Christianity being made 'legal' by the Roman authorities in the 4th century - and how those 'Christians' absorbed pagan festivals (rather than destroy them) is riddled with questions and problems. 1Sam 15 tells the sorry story about Saul not totally destroying what he was commanded to. He lost his kingship. Are we in danger of the same attitude by maintaining pagan festivals, no matter how well disguised?

I think it's great to celebrate the birth of the physical form of our Saviour. But shouldn't it be done in a way that fits in with the rest of what we believe?

Next year I want to start celebrating Christ's birth in a way which is Godly, Holy and fun!

More next year.......