The Answers to Short Questions From Our Readers - Plain Truth Staff - December 1968

Plain Truth Staff

Question: Every year newspapers and magazines comment that Christmas is not Christian in origin. Is this true? Answer: The common assumption is that Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ. But consider, for a moment, what Catholic, Protestant and secular historians say: States the Catholic Encyclopedia: "Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the church. Irenaeus and Tertullian [writers who lived around 200 A.D.] omit it from their lists of feasts... - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library