Every Christmas, there is always an upsurge of arguments about the appropriateness or not of celebrating Christmas. Yet there is another group which argues that Jesus never celebrated his birthday and never directed his followers to celebrate it. First is the argument about Christmas having a pagan origin. Has Christmas not overshadowed it and become among the most celebrated festivals in the world? On the third issue, which is that Christmas should not be celebrated because Jesus never celebrated his birthday, neither did he enjoin his followers to celebrate his birthday, one can’t also see the point in it.

Source: Punch December 26, 2023 13:14 UTC