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Hello D.B.,
I just wanted to write to you and thank you and Shaun Willcock for your contributions to the book "The Pagan Festivals of Christmas and Easter." Having read the book, it has definitely nailed any misconceptions I would have had about these festivals. I started to have my doubts about Christmas a few years ago after having an argument with a Christian about Christmas. What was said to me troubled me because if it was true, it would cause a lot of problems with my family — because at that time, I loved Christmas.
As life went on, I became more frustrated with the idea that Christmas is something that HAS to be done. In other words, there is no choice — you MUST do it. I came to realise that Christ never sanctioned it, and that we are under the law of liberty.
I told my Mum last week through email and chatted with her last Sunday to tell her that I will no longer be celebrating Christmas. She was not happy. I am more concerned about my church and their reaction, because when I didn't go to church over Easter, I chatted with the pastor, and he wasn't happy when I told him what I thought about the festivals. I relented and just thought that maybe I was making a fuss about nothing.
However in the months leading up to now, my conviction has been renewed that Christmas and Easter are wrong. I have read a number of resources including your own book, which has been very helpful. I am married. My wife has agreed to go along with the idea that we will not be celebrating Christmas, but thinks I am being rather extreme.
I would appreciate your support and prayers at this very difficult and trying time for me.
Thank you very much and may the Lord bless you, ALWAYS,
K.A.
Dear K.A.,
Salutations in the name of Christ Jesus, Lord and Saviour of all his people.
Thank you very much for the personal letter regarding your own trials as you seek to follow the Lord in the things he has commanded, and to avoid those things in religion he didn't command and which violate many of his teachings. We — my wife and I — know the path you find yourself in at this time very well. Our families thought we were just in a phase, then a cult, and then later decided we are just crazy.
They know the stress, pressures, and money that is all part of the Christmas season — but they feel duty-bound to keep it. Many in my family still send me Season's Cards in the mail that go in the rubbish bin. It has been since 1984 that I abandoned the Romish festival, when I was called out of the Pope's religion unto Christ. For years I had gone to midnight Mass to thank — worship — Mary for saying yes and being willing to carry the Saviour. Family and co-workers made the first few years difficult, but over time it was clear to me that we are the ones that are relaxed and not stressed out by the worldly holiday kept by the majority of people that profess any type of religion — and many not at all.
In the US, you see Christmas trees and gifts in Jewish homes and even liberal Muslim homes, because they want their kids to be a part. There is nothing holy about a Christmas story full of error and false teaching, nor in the material exchange of gifts, drunken parties, and gorging on food and sweets. The Lord Jesus didn't teach his disciples to keep any such day, nor did they teach it to believers in the years after the Lord had risen from the grave. If God didn't bring it to his people to keep it — who did, and why? Clearly it does not serve the glory of the Lord. It is the most ecumenical holiday in the world and gives a bright focus on the Pope of Rome every year; he is viewed as the head of Christ's Church around the world on this Romish holy day.
If you desire to write to my dear brother and friend Shaun Willcock, who wrote the book, you can email him at: [email protected]
We do hope and pray that over time your wife also sees this from a biblical perspective and joyfully supports the action you have taken as being right before the Lord. Thank you again for your letter. Godspeed.
D.B.M.
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