[DannyTN]

Yep definitely came across as a snarky Grinch. And the fact is that you are wrong on many many counts.

• Christmas is very much about Christ. Christ's name is all over Christmas.
• Christmas is very much about giving. That includes giving presents. It includes giving to the homeless, the orphans, foreign missions, etc. That giving is done in Christ's name for the most part. And it helps alleviate the physical needs of people as well as spread the gospel.
• Christmas is about sharing the gospel. From the Christmas pagents, to the TV shows, to annual reminder that Almighty God wrapped himself in human flesh to save us while we were yet sinners.
• And you're wrong about many of the origins of many of the traditions. The cut tree was a symbol of Germany's break with paganism. The star comes write out of the Gospels. So does the Cross. Nativity scenes...not pagan. Electric lights...well those didn't even exist back then.

[InHisService]

Giving and sharing the gospel are to be done all the time, not just at Christmas. I stand by what I wrote about stealing traditions from the pagans. I agree, a Nativity scene was not stolen from Pagans. Lighting things was. Pagans celebrated by decorating trees...it goes on and on.