Category: Christmas

Every year I receive letters or phone calls asking whether it is correct for Adventists to celebrate Christmas. The uncertainty is usually based on the absence of any biblical information about the date of Christ’s birth, and on the conviction that December 25 has been associated with a pagan festival. Let me provide some historical information about the celebration of Christmas and say something about its significance.

December 25, a day accepted by the unbelieving world and by the Christian world generally as the day on which Christ was born.

The question of whether a reference to Christmas, a Christmas Tree or Christmas Gifts have a place in the Seventh-day Adventist Church was referred to the Committee for comment.