christmas: q&a

Christmas

[ 5 Quest ]•What is Christmas?•Is using “Xmas” wrong?•Who is Santa Claus?•When was Jesus born?•What should we do during Christmas?

•What is Christmas?Christmas = Christ

is sent

•Is using “Xmas” wrong? Xmas is an abbreviation of Christmas First used in 1551 X is a Greek alphabet, not English X (chi) is the 1st letter of Christos

•Who is Santa Claus? Derived from St. Nicholas of 4th century St. Nicholas (Bishop of Asia Minor) Loved Jesus and poor children

•When was Jesus born? 6-5 B.C. in Bethlehem of Judea

What MONTH and DAY? No one knows exactly

A.D. 273, 1st Dec 25 celebration Coinciding the Feast of Saturnalia

(Romans 14:5,6)

•What should we do during Christmas?

1Remember

“If you have once accepted Christianity, then some of its main doctrines [must] be

deliberately held before your mind for some time every day. We have to be continually reminded of

what we believe.[No belief] will

automatically remainalive in the mind. It must

be fed.”– C.S. Lewis, Mere

Christianity

(2 Peter 1:12-15)

(2 Thessalonians 2:5)

•What should we do during Christmas?

2 Worship

•What should we do during Christmas?

3 Witness