It is certain that Christ came into this sinful and perverse world, in order to save and deliver humanity from the power and consequences of sin. [Matt.1:21].
He was sent into this world so as to bring everlasting life, thereby making it possible for us to escape the wrath to come(that lies in hell). [John3:16, Rom.5:9].

He is the perfect and spotless Lamb of God, provided by God Almighty as a substitute to bear and take away our sins. [John1:29, 1Peter1:19].
This is the primary purpose of Christ's coming.

As followers and contemporary disciples of Christ, we ought to walk even as Christ walked, we ought to follow Christ even as the early disciples did.[1John2:6].
We are to put ourselves in the shoes of those disciples and listen to the words, doctrine and commandments of Christ.

On the other hand, we need to understand that, there are doctrines, patterns and traditions that are unscriptural, nomatter their level of acceptance in our society today.

Jesus talked about the broad way that leads to destruction and He told us that Majority(as against the Minority on the narrow way) are already on the broad way.[Matt.7:13].
[JUST TRYING TO POINT OUT TO US, THAT THE MAJORITY IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT].

Christ, understanding the relevance of His mission and having full knowledge of all the events that characterised and would eventually characterise His stay on earth, CHOSE THE CELEBRATION OF HIS DEATH TO THE CELEBRATION OF HIS BIRTH.

He commanded His discipled to celebrate and remember His death- a period during which His body was crucified and His blood shed for the remission of the sins of mankind.

The disciples were to celebrate and remember this remarkale and most significant event of Christ's life [HIS DEATH] by partaking in the Lord's Supper[The Holy Communion or Eucharist]. [Luke22:14-20].

WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT;
-CHRIST WAS BORN TO DIE.
-HIS DEATH WAS THE REASON FOR HIS BIRTH.
This was what mattered the most to Him(as well as to His disciples) -His death and not His birth.

HIS BIRTH would have been useless to humanity without HiS DEATH because the efficacy of His precious blood that was shed during His death, wouldn't have been made manifest.

In addition, you want to agree with me, that the Christmas period, that you and I have come to know has never been a period of sober reflection, when people have a kind of Spiritual-Check, trying to find out why Christ really came and how His coming had impacted their lives, instead it has always been a period of merry-making.

Moreso, Christmas is a recyled Idolatrous event (Check encyclopedias to verify), think about 'the santa', 'the xmas tree' and others you would want to ask yourself the link between these and so many more to the celebration of Christ's birth.
You want to ask if this is scriptural or not.

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So your point now is?

How exactly do you think christianity has been preserved all these centuries? It's amazing how you come in 2000 years later to ask christians not to celebrate Christmas. If you don't want to celebrate it,then don't.
Early Christianity was liturgical like it is today.
I'm sure you celebrate the fact that Jesus Christ is God,there are some groups today who will tell you this is wrong. Try to focus on the reason why Christmas is celebrated. Just so you know Easter is also celebrated and is the most important celebration

You mean christianity is no longer preserved by preaching the gospel, getting soul saved and integrated into the christian community?

Celebrating the day Christ was born has also been part of this preservation.
In every walk of life,notable dates are celebrated in order to help propagate whatever core message there is . Christianity is no different.

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Celebrating the day Christ was born has also been part of this preservation.
In every walk of life,notable dates are celebrated in order to help propagate whatever core message there is . Christianity is no different.

pls examples of things that are done during the christmas celebration that can make a sinful soul to be come conscience-stricken and then cause him to turn over a new leaf. It is when sinners get saved and become new creatures(now living a holy life), it is when an event turns a sinner into a saint (thus depopulating the kingdom of darkness and increasing God's kingdom numerically preparing them for the Rapture). It is when an event of any nature does this that we can say christianity is being preserved. How can we say christianity is preserved when sinners are not getting saved, when backsliders are not making their ways right, when sin is on the increase even in so called churches,among professing christians.