Originally posted by lizbud
I believe the Anti Defamation League is wrong to push this
in the courts. For pete's sake, isn't Christmas a legitimate
Christian holiday ? A celebration of Christ's birth? Non-Christians
don't need to be forced to join in if they don't want to.
No. Xmas is a stolen version of the pagan Yule celebration that christians used to convince pagans to convert.

I have no objection to schools offering Xmas celebrations, but why not teach the true origins of the holiday as well as what it has become.

Here it is from a christianity today article:

http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/1999/dec6/9te085.html


Another excellent article:

http://www.garnertedarmstrong.ws/christmas2.shtml


Interesting piece, I like how it's written, but some of the contect is strange to me:

http://www.jwinfoline.com/Documents/...tmas_pagan.htm




On another note, who will be celebrating Yuletide with me this year?