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.
Giving and sharing the gospel are done all year. But they are done even more at Christmas. Christmas is a highly visible reminder to even those who aren’t in church. It’s a reminder to even non-Christian nations about Christ.
And the pagans sacrificed humans on trees. The cut Christmas tree began in Germany and was a symbol of their break with paganism after a Christian priest cut their pagan tree down.
That kind of legalism where you are afraid of trees because once upon a time a pagan once used a tree in some form or fashion will have you so bound in knots that you’ll be afraid to do anything.
Pagans ate fish, should we avoid fish? Pagans ate meat should we avoid meat? Pagans prayed to their false Gods, should we avoid praying to the true God? Get your eyes off of pagans and back on Christ and maybe you can rediscover the spirit of Christmas.