Things About Christmas That You Thought Were True But Are 100% WRONG
“See to it that no one takes you captive...
according to the tradition of men...
rather than according to Christ.” Colossians 2:8 (abbreviated)
It’s The Most WONDERFUL Time Of The Year!” and
while we all love Christmas, there are several things that we have
been led to believe about Christmas that are completely incorrect:
JESUS WASN’T BORN IN DECEMBER — because there were shepherds in the
fields. Scholars think it was most likely September
SHEPHERDS DID VISIT JESUS IN THE MANAGER WHEN HE WAS BORN — but…
THE WISE MEN CAME WHEN JESUS WAS AROUND TWO YEARS OLD — manger scenes
of shepherds & wise men adoring Jesus at the same time are wrong which is why
Herod had all boys 2 years old and under killed.
THERE WERE NOT THREE WISE MEN — That’s what a traditional Christmas carol says.
Scripture doesn’t say how many...and there could not have been just three because...
A LARGE CARAVAN WOULD HAVE ACCOMPANIED THE WISE MEN — Scholars think they came from
Persia, and such a distance could NOT be achieved without a large caravan with significant resources.
WHY CELEBRATED ON DECEMBER 25th? — In 274 BC, Roman emperor Aurelian
established a feast of the birth of the Unconquered Sun god Sol Invictus on that day,
and early Christians conscripted this day to encourage the spread of Christmas
and encourage pagans to be open to both the holiday and honor the birthday of Christ.
There are also other accounts validating this as an acceptable time by the early church.
SANTA WEARING A RED SUIT — is an entirely modern 'tradition'
dating back to a 1931 CocaCola ad campaign.
SAINT NICHOLAS, though canonized by the Catholic church,
has no written documentation validating that he actually existed,
but popular tradition says that he was from Turkey.
SANTA IS ATTRIBUTED TO HAVING GOD-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS — of being all knowing,
and able to be everywhere at every time. Only the LORD has that ability!
REARRANGE THE LETTERS IN SANTA — and you get SATAN!
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It’s The Most WONDERFUL Time Of The Year!” and
while we all love Christmas, there are several things that we have
been led to believe about Christmas that are completely incorrect:
