Should Christians Keep Christmas

INTRO: Welcome to the traditional day of commemorating Christ's birth. I had not planned to speak on this subject but I have been approached several times about that question and then found it was not commemorated by people like Voddie Bauchum and I saw several videos on You Tube, and decided I should give my mind on this subject.

I, like you, grew up keeping 12 religious holydays each year, just like all of you did. A holyday, became what we know as a holiday. We had New Years; Epiphany (Jan. 6); then the Easter festival, which started on Friday and ended three days later on Easter Sunday. Then 40 days later, we had Ascension day, and 10 days later, Pentecost, which again was a three day festival. Three of those days have their origin in the OT, the other nine we have set out as holy days without Biblical precedent. Then after Pentecost came Christmas. This also was, and still is among our people, a three day festival. That ended our holydays for our religious year.