All that glitters is not Gold

                                    Which God do you Worship?

                                                         These holidays are not Holy days

Are New Year’s celebrations objectionable for Christians?  

According to The World Book Encyclopedia, “The Romans dedicated this day [January 1] to Janus, the god of gates, doors, and beginnings. The month of January was named after Janus, who had two faces—one looking forward and the other looking backward.”—(1984), Vol. 14, p. 237.

                                                    Rabbits and Eggs are fertility symbols

In the book The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop, we read:

“What means the term Easter itself? It is not a Christian name. It bears its Chaldean origin on its very forehead. Easter is nothing else than Astarte (Astar), one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven, whose name, . . . as found by Layard on the Assyrian monuments, is Ishtar. . . . Such is the history of Easter. The popular observances that still attend the period of its celebration amply confirm the testimony of history as to its Babylonian character. The hot cross buns of Good Friday, and the dyed eggs of Pasch or Easter Sunday, figured in the Chaldean rites just as they do now.”—  (New York, 1943), pp. 103, 107, 108;   

Please compare Jeremiah 7:18.

                                                                   The Sun not the Son

The Encyclopaedia Americana informs us:

“The reason for establishing December 25 as Christmas is somewhat obscure, but it is usually held that the day was chosen to correspond to pagan festivals that took place around the time of the winter solstice, when the days begin to lengthen, to celebrate the ‘rebirth of the sun.’ . . . The Roman Saturnalia (a festival dedicated to Saturn, the god of agriculture, and to the renewed power of the sun), also took place at this time, and some Christmas customs are thought to be rooted in this ancient pagan celebration.”—  (1977), Vol. 6, p. 666.

The New Catholic Encyclopaedia acknowledges:

“The date of Christ’s birth is not known. The Gospels indicate neither the day nor the month . . . According to the hypothesis suggested by H. Usener . . . and accepted by most scholars today, the birth of Christ was assigned the date of the winter solstice (December 25 in the Julian calendar, January 6 in the Egyptian), because on this day, as the sun began its return to northern skies, the pagan devotees of Mithra celebrated the dies natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the invincible sun). On Dec. 25, 274,The Roman Emperor Aurelian had proclaimed the sun-god principal patron of the empire and dedicated a temple to him in the Campus Martius. Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong at Rome.”—  (1967), Vol. III, p. 656.

                                                               Associated with Orgies 

The World Book Encyclopaedia informs us:

“Valentine’s Day comes on the feast day of two different Christian martyrs named Valentine. But the customs connected with the day . . . probably come from an ancient Roman festival called Lupercalia which took place every February 15. The festival honoured Juno, the Roman goddess of women and marriage, and Pan, the god of nature.”—  (1973), Vol. 20, p. 204.

                                                     Just Good Fun or Pagan Worship?

Taken from various sources Including  Encyclopaedia Britannica:

Carnival originated as a pagan festival in ancient Egypt which was subsequently celebrated by the Greeks and then the Romans. The popular festival was adopted by the Roman Catholic Christian church in Europe as the festival of Carne Vale.

During antiquity, winter was thought of as the reign of the winter spirits; these needed to be driven out in order for summer to return. Carnival can thus be regarded as a rite of passage from darkness to light, from winter to summer: a fertility celebration, the first spring festival of the new year.

Possibly it's roots are in a primitive festival honouring the beginning of the new year and the rebirth of nature, though it is also possible that the beginnings of Carnival in Italy may be linked to the pagan Saturnalian festival of ancient Rome.

In Ancient Egypt

the festival of the Navigium Isidis ("ship of Isis"), where the image of Isis was carried to the seashore to bless the start of sailing season. The festival consisted of a parade of masks following an adorned wooden boat, called in Latin carrus navalis, probably the source of both the name and the parade floats.

                                                                 Harvest the Dead

The modern Harvest Festival probably had it's origins in  Banbha, the Celtic goddess and Earth Mother - Amidst the fall equinox celebrations, the Irish deity Banbha reigns supreme. As an Earth Mother, she presides over the culmination of the bountiful harvest.  

PS:  The ancient Israelites held festivals for the first ripe fruits and wheat and barley harvests, but please note that there is no connection between these festivals and the pagan harvest festivals who's roots are embedded in so called Christian worship today!

In the British Isles, Harvest time has been celebrated since Pagan times before the English monarchy converted to Christianity around the 7th Century. Nowadays, Harvest Festival celebrations often take place in the local church and have become integrated with Church of England traditions, and has been imported into most protestant denominations world wide, even in the United States!

In Conclusion:   All of the above celebrations are money makers for the churches and chapels that promote them, and Billions of £ and $ are made from them every year, so the church and big business are reaping a huge harvest from gullible people by their lies and mis-information.

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There is a saying in the world:  "You can't have your cake and eat it" , similarly you can't worship the true God or be a true Christian and hang on to festivals that dishonour him! Blunt words yes! But accepting truth is often very hard.   John 4:23 and 24. - Psalm 115:4 to 7.