A common thread running through many religious festivals of the so-called Christian world is that they were lifted directly from pagan origins, often tied to sun worship. Satan has deceived the world into observing these pagan days, hiding in plain sight, under the guise of worshiping the Son of God, when it is truly worship of the sun. Sun worship is deeply connected to ancient figures like Nimrod, who became a mighty hunter and king after the flood, ruling with his queen, Semiramis. After Nimrod's violent death, Semiramis bore a son and convinced the people he was Nimrod reincarnated, establishing a worship of mother and child that spread worldwide under various names like Tammuz, Adonis, Osiris, Baal for Nimrod, and Astarte, Isis, Venus for Semiramis. This worship often involved lamenting the death of these figures, as seen in ancient accounts of women weeping for Tammuz or Adonis, tied to sun god reverence. In Ezekiel 8, a vision reveals future abominations where women weep for Tammuz and men worship the sun toward the east in the Lord's house, provoking God to jealousy. This prophecy points to a time of widespread idol worship, including sun worship, in our day, far beyond Ezekiel's era. Historical accounts show sun worship's pervasive influence, with deities like Mithra, Osiris, and others all celebrated as born on December 25, coinciding with the winter solstice in the old Roman calendar—a time of unrestrained revelry. Ancient texts reveal that sun gods were often linked to miraculous births by sunbeams, a concept satan used to cloud origins and blend paganism with later beliefs. Early missionaries found societies already worshiping a mother and child alongside sun deities, indicating a preemptive distortion by satan. Sun worship cults, like those of Mithra, held significant sway in the second to fourth centuries, with practices such as worshipping on Sunday and celebrating the sun god's birth on December 25. Converts from these cults likely carried remnants of their old beliefs into new faiths, as noted by historians, with some early Christian practices showing analogies to sun worship. Pope Leo in the fifth century complained of worshippers in St. Peter's turning to adore the rising sun, highlighting this lingering influence. In Numbers 25, Israel's seduction into harlotry with Moabite women and sacrifices to Baal of Peor—another name for Nimrod, the sun god—aroused the Lord's anger. God commanded Moses to hang the offenders before the Lord, out in the sun, as a direct challenge to the sun god they worshipped, demonstrating His fierce opposition to such idolatry.

Sun worship has long been intertwined with pagan celebrations that persist under different names. Historical records reveal that Saturnalia, observed from December 17th through the 24th, and Brumalia on December 25th, were pagan Roman holidays dedicated to sun worship, continuing well into the fourth century. These celebrations were not part of the early worship of God, as they were rooted in idolatry and falsehood. Instead of honoring the true God, they reflected a mixture of pagan rites that God explicitly condemns. Such practices, when blended with worship of the true God, create a lie that separates people from Him, as He does not accept worship tainted by pagan customs. The persistence of these sun-worshipping traditions in modern holidays reveals a rejection of truth, drawing people away from the pure worship that God commands through His inspired Word.

December 25th has been a focal point of sun-worship for many millennia. The pagan origins of this day are so well-documented that it raises the question of why Christians would attempt to Christianize something that has been blatantly anti-God from the very beginning. God was deeply concerned that ancient Israel would adopt the pagan ways of the Canaanites, even under the guise of worshipping the true God, and He gave a categorical warning against such practices. He is very specific in the way He wants to be worshipped, not granting permission to worship Him in any manner that seems right to us.

December 25 has traditionally been a significant day for pagans, marking the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. It is a day venerated annually by worshippers of the sun god. Egyptians celebrated Horus' birthday on this date, while other cultures, including the Mesopotamians, ancient Greeks, and Persians, also worshipped their gods on December 25. Winter solstice traditions extend far back in history, long before Jesus Christ entered the world. The celebration of Christmas on this day is tied to the rebranding of pagan sun worship as worship of the Son of God, intertwining ancient practices with later religious observances.

The Scriptures warn against the dangers of sun worship, emphasizing that while sunlight offers significant health benefits, it must not be revered above our Creator. Deuteronomy 4:19 cautions against lifting our eyes to heaven and feeling driven to worship the sun, moon, and stars, which the LORD our God has given as a heritage to all peoples. Ezekiel 8:16 describes a grievous act of idolatry, where men turned their backs to the temple of the LORD and worshipped the sun toward the east, an act of defiance against God's command. We are instructed to appreciate the wonderful health benefits of sunshine, such as its role in producing vitamin D and enhancing well-being, but we are strictly forbidden to worship anything inferior to our Creator, as highlighted in Romans 1:23. Instead, our focus must remain on glorifying God, recognizing that sunlight serves as a metaphor for His radiance and glory, pointing us toward the ultimate luminescence we will share as His glorified saints.

Christmas customs, such as the use of evergreens, lights, and the giving of dolls, carry deep-rooted connections to ancient pagan practices, particularly sun worship. When you erect a Christmas tree, hang a wreath, or place mistletoe, you are engaging in traditions tied to the fear of darkness and evil spirits, as ancient peoples believed these spirits inhabited the dark and sought to prevent the sun's death. They used light to ward off such forces, a practice now reflected in the dazzling Christmas lights that adorn homes and neighborhoods. However, rather than repelling evil, satan has embraced these lights as a tool to mislead humanity. The giving of dolls during Christmas also stems from heathen customs linked to sun worship. Ancient Greeks and Romans, during their Saturnalia celebrations, gave dolls to children, a practice some scholars believe symbolized human sacrifices to infernal gods like Cronus and Saturn, equated with the Phoenician Baal. These deities were historically offered human sacrifices, a grim reminder of the dark origins behind seemingly innocent traditions. Through beautiful evergreens, radiant lights, and charming dolls, satan crafts deceptions that appear attractive and harmless, drawing people away from God's truth.

The celebration of Christmas carries deep connections to ancient pagan practices, particularly those related to sun worship. The Roman festival known as Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, meaning the Day of the Birth of the Unconquered Sun, was held on the winter solstice, a date that in pre-Christian times fell on December 25. This festival marked the sun's rebirth, as its light began to strengthen after reaching its lowest point. Though some modern scholars attempt to minimize the link between the Christian observance of Christmas and this pagan Roman celebration, historical evidence suggests otherwise. A sermon by Augustine of Hippo from the early centuries of Christianity urges believers to celebrate the day not for the sun, which both believers and non-believers behold, but for the sake of Him who created the sun, indicating a need to distinguish the Christian focus from the pagan one.

The celebration of Christmas on December 25 has roots that some trace back to Roman paganism, particularly the Saturnalia festival observed in late December. In 274 C.E., the Roman emperor Aurelian established a feast for the birth of Sol Invictus (the Unconquered Sun) on this date, highlighting a connection to sun worship. Although there is no definitive historical evidence that the Roman church intentionally merged this pagan holiday with Christianity in the late-third or early-fourth century, by the mid-fourth century, Christians were indeed adapting and Christianizing pagan festivals. This suggests a possible influence of sun worship traditions on the choice of December 25 as the date to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ.

The celebration of New Year's Eve, occurring just a week after Christmas, carries deep pagan roots that true Christians should be aware of. This occasion, often overlooked in discussions of pagan origins, is steeped in traditions that do not align with God's teachings. As highlighted in historical writings, such as William H. Ellis's article in the December 1964 Plain Truth magazine, the customs associated with New Year's are pagan to the core. These include counting down the last seconds of the old year, drinking champagne, and other celebratory acts that have no basis in God's instructions. God mentions the New Year in relation to the early spring, around mid-to-late March or early April, as a mere time marker for calendar purposes, with no command to engage in festivities or parties. Furthermore, the voice from heaven warns twice to come out from Babylon and avoid practicing her wicked ways, a clear admonition against participating in such Christianized pagan holidays as New Year's Eve.

The celebration of Christmas on December 25th is deeply rooted in pagan sun worship, a custom that predates Christianity by centuries. This date was originally associated with the birthday of the sun-god, a significant festival in the Roman world known as the feast of the unconquered sun. Historical records reveal that this pagan festival, often linked with the Saturnalia and Brumalia, celebrated the shortest day of the year and the renewal of the sun, holding a firm grip on popular custom. In the fourth century, as Christianity gained prominence under Emperor Constantine, many pagans converted en masse, bringing their entrenched customs with them. The influence of pagan Manichaeism, which equated the Son of God with the physical sun, provided a rationale for these converts to label December 25th, the birthday of their sun-god, as the birthday of the Son of God. Thus, the pagan sun-worshipping festival was absorbed into the Western Christian tradition, merely cloaked with a new name. Ancient symbols associated with sun worship, such as the holly wreath, mistletoe, and Yule log, also found their way into Christmas observances. Holly berries and mistletoe were considered sacred to the sun-god among pagans, while the Yule log, meaning "wheel," symbolized the sun. Even the lighting of fires and candles during Christmas echoes the pagan practice of encouraging the waning sun-god at the winter solstice. These elements, relics of pre-Christian times, underscore the festival's pagan origins. The real origin of these customs traces back to ancient Babylon, where Nimrod, a central figure in the Babylonish system, was linked to sun worship. After his death, his mother-wife Semiramis claimed he became a divine spirit, symbolized by an evergreen tree, which became the precursor to the Christmas tree. December 25th, celebrated as Nimrod's birthday, marked the foundation of this idolatrous worship that spread across cultures under various names, always centered on the sun-god and the mother-child motif. Despite attempts to Christianize these practices, the adoption of December 25th as Christ's birthday was met with accusations of sun worship and idolatry by some early Christian groups, such as the Syrians and Armenians, who adhered to January 6th. Historical authorities confirm that Christmas was not among the earliest Christian festivals and was not observed by the apostles or early Church, highlighting its pagan derivation rather than biblical sanction.

The celebration of Christmas is deeply intertwined with pagan practices, notably sun worship, which starkly contrasts with the worship of the One True God. Historical records reveal that Christmas was not observed by Christians from the time of Christ until about AD 300. During the 4th century, the Roman emperor Constantine, who seemingly converted to Christianity, shifted Sabbath keeping from the seventh day to the first day, Sunday, a day he previously dedicated to worshipping the sun as his god. This facilitated the transformation of the pagan December 25th winter solstice festival, celebrating the birth of the sun god, into a day claimed as the birthday of the Son of God. The New Catholic Encyclopedia notes that the birth of Christ was assigned to the winter solstice because on this day, as the sun began its return to northern skies, pagan devotees of Mithra celebrated the dies natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the Invincible Sun). On December 25, 274 A.D., Aurelian proclaimed the sun-god as the principal patron of the empire and dedicated a temple to him. Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong in Rome, and it was not until the 5th century that the Roman Catholic Church officially ordered the observance of Christ's birth on this day, renaming the old Roman feast of the birth of Sol, the sun god, as Christmas. Such syncretism, blending pagan rites with Christian themes, destroys truth, rendering the celebration a mixture of truths and falsehoods that misrepresents its object and cannot be trusted as a form of worship acceptable to God.

The celebration of New Year's Eve has deep roots in pagan practices, notably connected to ancient sun worship. In the ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia, which spanned from mid-December to January 1st, December 25th was recognized as the day when the sun was at its lowest ebb, marking a significant point in their solar reverence. This festival included drunken revelry, role reversal, gift-giving, and even human sacrifice in honor of the deity Saturn, reflecting a broader theme of renewal tied to the sun's cycle. During the Middle Ages, many of these Roman customs persisted and were enhanced by the heathen rites of the Teutonic peoples, including the addition of the Yule log, a direct carryover from the bonfires of sun worship, symbolizing the rebirth of the sun. As these pagan traditions merged with later customs, New Year's Eve continued to embody elements of sun worship, intertwined with fertility rites and other ancient practices, highlighting its origins far removed from any biblical foundation.

Sun worship holds a significant place in the origins of many pagan celebrations that have persisted through time. It began in ancient Babylonia or Mesopotamia as a central element of their religious practices. The celebration of New Year's, one of the oldest pagan holidays, was rooted in ancient sun worship, later adopted by the Romans as Saturnalia in honor of the god Saturn, marked by revelry and excess. Similarly, the day known as Yule Day, celebrated on December 25th in ancient Babylon, was recognized as the birth of the incarnate sun, appearing as a baby child to redeem a world in darkness. This belief was fundamental to the Babylonian system, where the sun god, also known as Baal, was considered the chief deity among many gods. Tammuz, worshipped as the god incarnate or promised baby son of Baal, was seen as the savior of the world, further embedding sun worship in these ancient rituals. Additionally, the origins of Easter trace back to Ishtar, a day in ancient Babylon commemorating the resurrection of Tammuz, believed to be the begotten son of the sun god. Semiramis, a key figure in Babylonian mystery religion, claimed that the rays of the sun god Baal caused her to conceive Tammuz, reinforcing the centrality of sun worship in these pagan traditions. These practices, initiated shortly after the Flood with figures like Nimrod and Semiramis, demonstrate how quickly satan's deceptions took hold, embedding sun worship into celebrations that continue to influence modern customs, which God commands His people to reject.

The celebration of Christmas, often embraced with sincerity, is rooted in pagan practices that God views as an abomination. Historical records reveal that Christmas was not observed by Christians from Christ's time until the fourth century AD. During this period, pagan festivals like Saturnalia (December 17-24) and Brumalia (December 25) persisted among the Romans. The Catholic Encyclopedia notes that early Church father Origen acknowledged no scriptural record of celebrating Jesus Christ's birthday, associating such feasts with sinners like Pharaoh and Herod, whose birthday celebrations involved horrific acts. In the fourth century, Emperor Constantine, converting to Christianity, shifted Sabbath observance to Sunday, the day he worshipped the sun, facilitating the transformation of the pagan winter solstice festival honoring the sun god into a celebration of the Son of God. The New Catholic Encyclopedia confirms that Christ's birth was assigned to December 25, coinciding with the pagan feast of the dies natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the Invincible Sun), a date solidified by the Roman Catholic Church in the fifth century. This syncretistic blend of pagan rites and Christian themes stands in direct opposition to God's command in Deuteronomy 12:29-32, which warns against adopting the worship practices of other nations, declaring such acts as abominations. Despite the sincerity of many who celebrate, the lack of truth in these traditions renders their zeal misguided, as they ignore God's explicit instructions against worshipping Him in the manner of the heathen.