Christmas Everywhere…Yet Christ Overlooked
Christmas is everywhere.
Gifts.
Parties.
Christmas music.
Santa Claus.
Reindeer.
Lights and decorations.
Shopping. Traffic. Travel. Family gatherings.
The world celebrates Christmas—even those who claim not to believe in it.
And yet, it is entirely possible to celebrate Christmas and still miss Christ.
That is not a modern problem.
It is a first-century one.
Christmas Is Not Pagan — Let’s Be Clear
Let’s settle something early.
Christmas, at least as a Christian construct, is not pagan in origin.
- The word Christmas comes from “Christ-Mass” — the worship service of Christ
- The early Church was not trying to imitate Rome
- There was no church council that voted on December 25
- Constantine did not invent Christmas (Christianity was legalized in AD 313)
The early Church simply wanted to recognize two central truths:
- The death and resurrection of Christ
- The incarnation — God taking on flesh
Christmas grew out of theology and worship, not empire or superstition.
