For those interested in the now 400 year old rebuttals relative to the Christmas part of this the following might be of interest.
Pastor Fido an Anglican writing in the year 1650.
The author of these threads, having no interest in actual history, preferring to make up things out of whole cloth and follow after crackpots, will continue his quest to bring confusion.
The author of these threads, having no interest in actual history, preferring to make up things out of whole cloth and follow after crackpots, will continue his quest to bring confusion. Excuse me, but what have I said that I've made up "whole cloth"?
I've basically asked...why does Christian liberty allow one to worship on any day they desire, keep any kind of strange holiday they want, but EXCLUDES the one and only days that Jesus Christ created and kept himself? Doesn't "Christian" mean one who follows Christ?