Christmas, is it really about Christ? Does it really signify the birth of our Lord and Saviour? For the vast majority of people the question is really no question at all. Is Christmas about Christ "Of course it is! What could be more Christ like than Christmas? Isn't it Jesus’ birthday?" Others have begun to feel increasingly uncomfortable with the celebration of Christmas. When they look at the goings on that takes place around December 25^th , there is an uneasy feeling that something is just not right. And yet they keep telling themselves, "Isn't Christmas Jesus' birthday? In my opinion, after deliberating about Christmas, I have come to a very powerful conclusion.

There is nothing “Christian” about Christmas. Christmas is basically and essentially Pagan. If this thought comes as a shock to you, then I invite you to consider other the possibility that for you Christmas is a blind spot that needs some re-examination.

To say that I am not impressed with the sentimental appeal of the “holiday spirit” would be a meaningful gesture. There is a certain appeal about this season of the year, the thought of family gatherings, dreaming of a “White Christmas” as Bing Crosby once wrote about, "chestnuts roasting on an open fire," "city streets, busy streets, dressed in festive cheer." No one with any sentimentality could escape a twinge of nostalgia when there's a feeling of Christmas in the air. Even the most hardened cynic can't stifle a softening childlike feeling of good will that lasts for a few days.

I’ve tried though very hard to understand the true meaning of Christmas, yet no matter how hard I try, I can’t seem to grasp the element of trying to put “Christ” back into Christmas. Christmas as we know it today is a product of mass commercialisation, it is a time where people forget the “Christian” aspect and in place add their own version. Well, this is not the case. I have undergone some research into “the true meaning of Christmas” and here in this article I ask you "What is the true meaning of Christmas?" When you get right down to its essence, what is Christmas? Where did it come from? How did it originate? What does it stand for now? The real question is the nature of the institution itself.

I think you will be shocked if you evaluate the institution of Christmas realistically. What I'm asking you to do is lay aside your cultural prejudices and preferences, and approach this question with an open mind. Granted, that's hard to do. We are so snowed under a century of tradition and nostalgia, that it's almost impossible for some people to look at the issue objectively at all. I'm asking you to put aside your preconceived notions, at least temporarily, to look honestly at this institution we call Christmas. Frankly, this article is calculated to disturb you, to make you think, and to cause you to change your actions if they are not consistent with the truth of the gospel.
The embedded video below gives many clues of the pagan roots of Christmas as we celebrate it all over the world.
As a true christian you have to decide whether God is pleased or displeased with this tradition.

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Origins of the name "Easter":

The name "Easter" originated with the names of an ancient Goddess and God. The Venerable Bede, (672-735 AD a Christian scholar, first asserted in his book De Ratione Temporum that Easter was named after Eostre (a.k.a. Eastre). She was the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe. Similarly, the "Teutonic dawn goddess of fertility [was] known variously as Ostare, Ostara, Ostern, Eostra, Eostre, Eostur, Eastra, Eastur, Austron and Ausos." Her name was derived from the ancient word for spring: "eastre." Similar Goddesses were known by other names in ancient cultures around the Mediterranean, and were celebrated in the springtime. Some were:

	Aphrodite from ancient Cyprus
	Ashtoreth from ancient Israel
	Astarte from ancient Greece
	Demeter from Mycenae
	Hathor from ancient Egypt
	Ishtar from Assyria
	Kali, from India
	Ostara a Norse Goddess of fertility.

An alternative explanation has been suggested. The name given by the Frankish church to Jesus' resurrection festival included the Latin word "alba" which means "white." (This was a reference to the white robes that were worn during the festival.) "Alba" also has a second meaning: "sunrise." When the name of the festival was translated into German, the "sunrise" meaning was selected in error. This became "ostern" in German. Ostern has been proposed as the origin of the word "Easter".

There are two popular beliefs about the origin of the English word "Sunday."

	It is derived from the name of the Scandinavian sun Goddess Sunna (a.k.a. Sunne, Frau Sonne).
	It is derived from "Sol," the Roman God of the Sun." Their phrase "Dies Solis" means "day of the Sun." The Christian saint Jerome (d. 420) commented "If it is called the day of the sun by the pagans, we willingly accept this name, for on this day the Light of the world arose, on this day the Sun of Justice shone forth."