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Jonathan Boren
My answer is a simple question. If we were supposed to celebrate the birth of Christ, don’t you think they would have told us when it was as they did with Passover, which the Bible commands we commemorate? Better yet…why isn’t the celebration of His birth commanded? The only two birthdays mentioned in the Bible were those of pharaoh and Herod. Their festivities included a hanging and a beheading.