That Jewish Christmas?
This is part of a series of essays I wrote in 2018 to explain the Biblical Appointed Times ( mo'adim ) to my family members. If you'd like to read the other papers in this series, you can find them linked here: Happy New Year! (four months early) Shabbat shalom! Passover & Unleavened Bread Pentecost The Day of Loud Noise The Day of Atonement The Grand Finale That Jewish Christmas? This time of year, it's become common to hear the greeting, “Happy holidays.” Christians tend to be put off by this, since it seems like a not-so-covert attempt to stamp out the celebration of the birth of Jesus from this time of year. I know many Christians are aware that Jesus wasn't born at Christmas, but that isn't the point. It is dearly-loved in family traditions and as a celebration to honor the birth of our Savior. The secularization of “the holidays” is seen as an attack on the foundation of our faith. It may seem from my earlier letters that I am doing something