Did you know?

Christmas is an important date on the calendar for faithful Christians across the globe. Given the fanfare around Christmas, it would seem that all Christians celebrate the holiday.

However, some Christians do not celebrate Christmas.

Denominations such as Jehovah’s Witnesses and certain branches of the Churches of Christ do not observe Christmas. Their reasoning may be a lack of explicit biblical instruction to celebrate the holiday.

The Bible does not command or even mention the early church celebrating the birth of Jesus. Others have concerns about the pagan origins of some Christmas traditions, such as mistletoe, holly, the yule log, and even Christmas trees. So they simply opt out entirely.