[Colofornian]

From the forum: ...December 23 is on a Sunday. This of course provides a great opportunity for the LDS church to prove its Christian roots by using that day to talk about Joseph Smith, it is his birthday after all. So, will the average LDS ward celebrate Smithmas or Christmas on December 23 this year? I'm guessing my wife's ward will split the difference and dedicate part to Joseph Smith and part to Jesus.

Want evidence that the Mormon church leaders continually replace Jesus Christ with Joseph Smith at this time of year? I especially recommend these articles from Mormons...

* A Prophet’s Life: The Cradle—Sharon, Vermont [Mormon Merry Smithmas Day!]
* The Joseph Smith Crèche at BYU, December 2005 [Mormon Merry Smithmas!]
* Dealing with “Smithmas” [Mormon worship of Joseph Smith]
* “Praise To The Man”: A Review Of The Annual Joseph Smith Memorial Sermons [Mormon Merry Smithmas]
* Joseph Smith: a witness of Christ [O Come, O Come EmmanSMITHuel, anyone?]
* The dreaded Christmastime ward sacrament meeting [Mormon Merry Smithmas!]
* Praising the man [Mormon Merry Smithmas!]
* Exploring: The Church Began with a Prophet [Mormon Merry Smithmas Day!]

These other recent threads provide additional evidence:
* Reasons Joseph Smith Is More Important Than Jesus [Mormon Merry Smithmas!]
* 'Praise to the Man' honors Joseph Smith [Mormon Merry Smithmas!]
* Joseph Smith: Blessed Be His Name [Mormon Merry Smithmas]
* Joseph Smith Jr.—Prophet of God, Mighty Servant
* Tis the season for Smithmas; Whom do you worship? [Mormon Merry Smithmas]

[skeeter]

Will Smithmas?

Ho ho ho.

[DManA]

Now when all the snark starts flowing you will get all huffy.

Really, what do you expect posting something like this?

[Nifster]

Since the ending ‘mas’ actually refers to the mass ie the death of the Nazarene why would anyone celebrate a mass as a birth day??? Moreover since the Nazarene wasn’t born in December but rather September what bdifference does any of it make?? I enjoy the lights and songs and goto the church of my youth because I still like hearing Christmas carols sung by a full choir with organ accompaniment. I have no illusions about the day...it is a pagan celebration and always has been. This day my faith does not make....

[Tau Food]

Joseph Smith was a sexual predator.

[Vaquero]

Smithmas? Oh LDS.

I don’t think we have any of youse guys here in NY.

Christmas will be the 25th. The 24th will be Merry Fishmas if you are of Italian extraction. And Boxing Day will be in overseas p and not here and has a tendency to cause tsunamis.

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[svcw]

Last year Saundra and Resty directed me to a lecture by one of the twelve for the Christmas season, it was about fifteen minutes long.
The name of (lds) jesus was not even mentioned until the eight minute mark and only once, then once again at the very end.
Because JS bday is on a Sunday my guess that will be the focus.

[ejonesie22]

Smith is more important than Christ...

[teppe]

Colornian

When I want to understand the depth of the true Love of Christ, a just use an opposite contrast and finally conclude that ....

Jesus Christ must love Mankind, as much as Colofornian hates the Latter-Day-Saints (Mormons)

Quite an accomplishment in Irony Colofornian!

[Gamecock]

[Gumdrop]

Chistmas does not begin liturgicaly until Dec. 25th.

Do Mormons usually celebrate Christmas before Dec. 25th? I mean - with the reading of the infant naratives in the gospels? Usually in Christian churches, readings from the Old Testament prophets are emphasized during advent, and then on the evening of Dec. 24th, the celebration of the birth of the Mesiah begins with the bells tolling and the people singing Christmas Carols.

It seems to me that jumping the gun inside the church edifices is not a good thing to do. It sacrifices the scriptures to commercial interests, and then on Dec. 26th, Christmas is over; when in actuality, the Christmas celebrations in churches should be continued until the Feast of the Epiphany. (12 days of Christmas, get it?)