This is why I do not celebrate Christmas Part II

We have all seen it, the nativity set.
I thought it must be accurate, as a matter of fact I was an angel at church when I was a kid!

BELIEF:

Three wise men (or kings in some traditions) visited Jesus at the time of his birth.

STATUS:

MYTH

Perhaps you have seen paintings or nativity scenes that depict the infant Jesus lying in a manger, surrounded by three wise men bearing gifts. This image, however, is fiction, not fact.

It is true that a delegation from the East paid homage to young Jesus. These visitors, though, were really astrologers. (Matthew 2:1, The New English Bible; The Bible—An American Translation) And did they find Jesus nestled in a manger? No; they visited him in a house. Evidently, they arrived some months after Jesus’ birth.—Matthew 2:9-11.

As to the number of visitors, were there 2? 3? 30? The Bible does not say. Perhaps the traditional number of three arose from their three types of gifts. (Matthew 2:11) Some have even proposed that each of the so-called wise men represented a different race of mankind. But that idea is not found in the Scriptures. Rather, as one Gospel commentary notes, this particular myth is the product of “an eighth-century historian with a vivid imagination.”

This is why I do not celebrate Christmas Part I

One of the things that changed in my life is the Celebration of Christmas.
I use to LOVE Christmas. As a matter of fact I was probably one of the most fanatical person there was as far as keeping it magical and special for my children. I was the mom that wanted them to know that we celebrate Christmas because it is the birthday of Jesus Christ. I put out a nativity set. My orniments were religous.
The study of the Bible really opened my eyes!!

BELIEF:

Jesus was born on December 25.

STATUS:

MYTH.

There is no direct statement in the Bible concerning the month or day of Jesus’ birth. Where, then, did the date of December 25 come from? According to The Encyclopædia Britannica, some who called themselves Christians “wished the date to coincide with the pagan Roman festival marking . . . the winter solstice, when the days again begin to lengthen and the sun begins to climb higher in the sky.” That same reference work notes that many Christmas customs originated with “pagan agricultural and solar observances at midwinter.”

Would Jesus approve of the celebration of his birth on December 25? Consider: The day of Jesus’ birth is unknown. Nowhere do the Scriptures direct us to celebrate that birth, nor is there any evidence that early Christians did so. In contrast, the Bible provides the exact day of Jesus’ death, and he commanded his followers to observe that day. (Luke 22:19) Clearly, Jesus wanted emphasis to be placed, not on his birth, but on the value of his sacrificial death.—Matthew 20:28.