Bonus! Another Dan's Rant retrieved from the abyss!

The following is from www.rantofdan.blogspot.com before it was erased. There is no known copy available to view on the interwebs.

is christmast christian?
it happens every year. in 2007 walmart told employers not to wish there customers a Merry Christmas but to use the more generic term of happy holidays. last year Washington governor Cristine gregoire decided that non Christmas symbols could be placed next to Christmas symbols on the capital. this year president obama has named the Christmas tree the holiday tree. every year Christians are out waged by these actions. they claim that Christmas is a sacred christian holiday but is it?

lets trace the roots of Christmas. christmast was originally a pagan holiday. it was the winter solstice. it celebrated the coming of winter. Jesus was not born on December thirty first. most scholars be live he was born in the spring. the church in the middle ages wanted to take people away form paganism. they decided it was better to alter there festivals then outlaw them. it is like when the blistonia cult got homer to support them by singing the leader song which had been the fishing song. they made the winter solstice into christmast.

no where in scripture were we commanded to celebrate Christ's birth. we are not even called to celebrate his death and Resurrection accept for the partaking of the lords supper. Christmas is a made up holiday. Christians now say that we must celebrate Christmas's. i don't believe it is a sin to celebrate Christmas but it is not essential. i do not begrudge any who deide not to celebrate Christmas. i do not mind saying happy holidays.this is a Minor issue but many Christians make into a capital case. as admiral fitzwallice a an African American chairman of the joint chiefs said on an episode of west wing " i am too busy fighting the real battles i cant fight the cosmetic ones" it is up to the individual. Romans 11.