The obvious pagan roots of Christmas are without dispute. All Christians and non-Christians alike know that the celebration of a festival that purportedly hails the birth of Jesus and at the same time acknowledges the existence of flying reindeer pulling a sleigh from the north pole on Christmas eve with a red-faced burly man named Santa Claus descending down every chimney and leaving gifts for both adults and children could not be authorized by Jehovah. What is shocking is the fact that "Christians" lie to their children year after year in their attempt to convince them of the fabled existence of an all-knowing and all-judging Santa, who not only brings gifts but knows if they've been bad or good throughout the year. Churches, of all places, erect statues of this mythical Santa Claus, drape their buildings in lights and decorate the grounds of their sanctuaries with reindeer and sleigh alongside the nativity scenes depicting the birth of Jesus.

Shameless preachers openly admit that they know Jesus was not born on December 25, and they also openly admit that Christmas is not mentioned in the Bible, but find justification for the celebration using clichés such as "putting the Christ back in Christmas" . If the spiritual consequences were not so serious the excuses would be laughable; however, given the seriousness of this form of idolatry, it cannot be treated as a laughing matter. The pagan practice of erecting trees and decorating them with silver, gold, and other colorful ornaments as a part of worship continues in mainstream Christianity. The worship of trees is a pagan religious ritual. Has anyone every wondered why the gifts are placed under the trees? What does a decorated tree have to do with the birth of Jesus? Absolutely nothing! What do Santa Claus and his reindeer have to do with the birth of Jesus? You guessed it, nothing! Who is Santa Claus anyway!? Where did he come from? Where did Christmas come from since it is not in the Bible? These are just some of the questions we will be providing answers to as we explore the pagan roots of Christmas.

Where did Christmas come from? The festival called Christmas existed long before the birth of Jesus and therefore loses all credibility as a celebration of Jesus' birth. In fact Christmas is a celebration of a birthday, the birthday of the pagan God Saturn. To understand what Christmas is we need to go back to ancient times, back to the civilizations of Babylon , Assyria, and Egypt . We'll see in the Bible where Jehovah condemns the practice and then we'll go back to the Roman Empire , look at the celebration there and the name change that took place. In our discussion of Easter we spoke about the pagan goddess Ishtar (pronounced Easter), also known as the Queen of Heaven and her husband Tammuz. Tammuz, the ancient Babylonian sun god was also known in other cultures as Mithra, Osiris, Horus, Adonis, and Saturn. In all these various cultures, his birthday was celebrated on December 25. In ancient Egypt Tammuz is known as Osiris and Ishtar his wife is known as Isis . Osiris and Isis had a son and named him Horus. Horus was also worshipped as the sun god. To the Greeks and Assyrians he is known as Adonis and to the Romans he is known as Saturn. In all these cultures his death and rebirth has been celebrated for millennia. The celebration of his birthday has been commemorated on December 25 from ancient times. During the Roman Empire he was celebrated with a festival called Saturnalia which began on December 17 and lasted until December 25. The celebration was marked with drinking, giving of gifts, singing from door to door (under Christmas this became known as caroling), and licentiousness. The greeting during this festival was "Ho, praise to Saturn". Christmas is a reflection of what occurred during the festival of Saturnalia.