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Is Christmas Biblical?

A personal letter that I shared with family and friends in 2012 "And Samuel said, “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams." (1 Samuel 15:22 ESV) "teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20 ESV) Dear family and friends, as a Bible believing Christian, I'm always troubled in Celebrating holidays like "Christmas" for reasons I'll explain later. But regrettably, I used to find myself doing things contrary to my convictions, rather than practicing the perceived truth of the Bible. It's sad but, I've to admit that I'm guilty as charged by the Scripture. Guilty, for being so oblivious to my convictions and the Scripture itself and telling most of you "Merry Christmas" in the past (even with good intentio