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Not because I'm rude, hate parties or kids. It's because I know it is a pagan creation, not  based on any truth, mainly profitable for corporate retailers. And they're already ballin' outa control. But I do love giving and showing love. I just dont need to believe in a magical dude in a red suit or play simon says once a year to prove it. The World Book Encyclopedia describes Jesus Christ as "certainly one of the most unfluential people who ever lived." And great men have proved it by  what they did during life. So why do we prefer to measure Jesus by his birth instead? Throughout Christendom, most people can recount the events surrounding his birth. How many recall and strive to apply his superlative teaching as found in the Sermon on the Mount? The Enciclopedia Hispánica likewise notes: “The date of December 25 for the celebration of Christmas is not the result of a strict chronological anniversary but, rather, of the Christianization of the festivals of the winter solstice that were celebrated in Rome.”

Even though I should and do try, I can't say that I live by everything the Bible advises. But I just dont believe that Jesus was born in either December or January. The Bible  simply states at Luke 2:8-11: “There were also in the same country shepherds living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks. And suddenly God's angel stood by them, and . . . the angel said to them: ‘. . . There was born to you today a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.’”  And facts point to Jesus’ birth not in the winter of December, but at approximately the beginning of warmer October when shepherds with their flocks would still spend the night in the fields. The countryside around Bethlehem experiences the coldest weather during the months of December and January. Hence, to keep them warm at night, flocks are herded into protective shelters. Another reason: The only event Jesus specifically instructed his followers to commemorate was his death, not his birth, and this was to be done as Luke 22:19,20 states, a simple communion meal.  Note, too, that this is why the Gospels of Mark and John are silent about Jesus’ birth. So please dont step up and try and diffuse my beliefs or hate on me if I have'nt sent you or posted xmas greetings. You are free to tell stories to your kids, sing carols and party all season and love it.. Thats your perogative. Mine is about practicing that kind of kind spirit all year long, as a way of life, they way it should have always been.