I agree that Sunday is best being observed as the Sabbath. Our church is having services but an abbreviated one. Instead of a worship service, then doctrinal classes while the youth and kids are in their own classes, then more doctrinal classes, we are having just the worship service portion for an hour and a half with the families staying together for the whole service.
I understand how others feel about changing church for Christmas but, frankly, I wonder how worshipful a service can be if it is filled with cranky, tired kids and exasperated parents trying to control them. Christmas is a high for kids and anyone with little ones can attest how difficult it is to feel spiritual while dealing with kids whose normal routines have been disrupted. There probably ought to be a worship service for adults only but if Sunday and Christmas are for families, then some adjustment may have to be made for the reality of Christmas and kids. Hence, our shorter but intense 90-minute worship service over the normal three-hour schedule.
We have maybe two hundred fifty congregants and it can be quite noisy sometimes with the little ones, even on regular Sabbaths. I can only imagine what the mega-churches might have to deal with on Christmas morning. I don't agree with cancelling the service altogether but I do understand the need for some adjustment.
For centuries, people went to church on Christmas whenever it fell on a Sunday. This is not new! This is not the first time! What makes this year different?
I'm trying to picture all the churches where on Christmas morning exasperated parents, with cranky kids, are trying to sing "Joy to the World." It's not pretty.