Is celebrating Christmas paganism?

The concept of Christmas is base of paganism. So this is the reason some religious group don't buy into it. In my opinion the bible says that it was during the time when Mary and Joseph was heading to pay their taxes Jesus was born. Taxes are only paid worldwide in April and this is the reason I don't look at Christmas.

Raynejasper, Merry Christmas to you as well. My response to your question is: Is celebrating anybody's birthday paganism? At it's core, Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Yeah, sure, Christmas may have started as a transformation of a pagan celebration to a celebration of Christ's birth. And businesses see it as a good time to boost sales because of the gift-giving aspect associated with Christmas. But at the core of it all, Christmas for me is about celebrating Christ's birth and the reason for which He came. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him would not perish but have everlasting life!

Well, I was raised in a Christian home. So for about 18 years I believed Christmas was Jesus birthday. I even got my family to start a tradition of making a birthday cake and singing happy birthday dear Jesus. Then I stepped out of the confines of the religion and started my own journey as an educated believer. A few years ago I was finally awakened to the fact noone knows the date of Jesus birthday. So I accepted that fact and changed my views of the day as the celebration of Jesus birth...kinda like a belated, or early, birthday party. Last year I met a few people who, through many thought filled discussions, opened my eyes to a whole other side of Christianity.I have since learned that almost every religious holiday we all hold so near and dear to our hearts have their roots in paganism. ((NOW before I get a bunch of hard coments on this, I am not judging any set of beliefs)) I've since, sort of begun a rebuking of all Christian tradition because I see it as blasphemous. If God is the one and only God, than he would not appreciate us celebrating in the name of false gods. Likewise, if God is not alone, the gods wouldn't be too gratful of us worshiping the wrong god in the right god's name. I would rather worship out of knowledge of the truth than ignorance of the tradition. That being said, I have looked at Christmas much more carefully this year. And I have come to the realization that this holiday no longer belongs to Pagans, nor does it belong to Christians. It belongs the almighty dollar and all the other mediums of gluteny. Christmas is all about give me give me give me. Nothing more nothing less. So merry gluteny and happy new failures to you as well!!!

Hmm... Christmas is a pagan festival that was invented to worship mother and child Gods and also to be greedy. I think that people should have the SPIRIT of christmas everyday and give charitably.

actually yes, i've read that those practices are from ways of pagans, catholics just adopted it and revised it in some ways and perceived it as their own.. lol but actually i do not mind, we are doing it for fun..my kids love it though i do not explain such technicalities to them sooner they will find out about it like i did and it still does hold the same meaning for me..

No if you celebrate Christmas, then you are celebrating the birth of Jesus. Notice the word "Christ". Your only celebrating a pagan tradition if that's what you are trying to do. You can't celebrate what you are not aware you are doing, or what you are not trying to do.

It's true that many Christian holidays and rituals have roots in paganism. In the early days of Christianity, Christians would celebrate their own holy days near pagan festival times, trying not to draw too much attention to themselves (since declaring Christianity was a capital offense) while drawing friends and family members to Christian celebrations instead of pagan rituals. So, I think it is the spirit in which we celebrate that counts. God knows what is in our hearts.

Historically speaking 25th is not the birth day of Jesus; no doubt about that. 25th Dec was actually a pagan celebration. But then Christian gave a different meaning and then celebrate it as the birthday of Jesus. So I don't see anything wrong with it. Baptism in fact was also not a Christian practice originally. But Christians gave a different meaning and we started doing that. I don't why we should give that up.

We consider certain days as holidays because we want to remember that something important happened on this day and that we need to pass on the message that the day has to our future generation. It is for the same reason that we respect the saints by celebrating their feast days. We remember them and try to follow them to reach heaven by absorbing the message that the life of these saints give to us.