So, you are not a puppet or a parrot?  Then I assume you are willing to wrestle with a few challenging questions….

• Have you ever wondered why or how pagans, Wiccans, Buddhists, Hindus and virtually everyone else in the world can celebrate Christmas even though they have/desire no relation with the Messiah?
• Have you ever stopped to wonder why the ancient Greeks and Romans were celebrating a day of festivities complete with tree, ornaments, gifts and parties in late December more than 300 years before the Messiah was born?
• Have you ever heard, or dared to look up the word ‘Saturnalia?’
• Have you ever considered the fact that December 25th is regarded as the birthday of more than a dozen pagan gods?
• Have you ever wondered what Yehovah meant when He said, “…beware that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve their gods, that I also may do likewise?’ ³¹ You shall not behave thus toward the Lord your God,…”

To read/study a little more deeply: Christmas in July

Don’t be a parrot or a puppet.

Study to show yourself approved, a workman who need not be ashamed.  2 Tim. 2:15