The annual cultural altercation during the winter solstice period may stem from a hypersensitivity among some, feeling events are spiraling out of control and unraveling to a point of crisis. It was Rome that co-opted the bacchanalia of the winter solstice and inserted the presumed birth of the Messiah, creating a celebration that lacks authentic biblical roots. Without clear instruction from God, the observance of this time remains subject to personal interpretation and the shifting traditions of an ungrounded culture. Each person holds a different reason for the season, leaving no definitive way to determine which interpretation of this pagan celebration holds more validity than another.

The practice described in Jeremiah was a custom associated with the signs of heaven, just as Christmas is linked to the winter solstice. Although many do not connect Christmas with the winter solstice, its pagan origin remains unchanged. The use of a tree in this manner, tied to the winter solstice, is identified as the way of the Gentiles and is considered idolatry, which we are commanded not to learn or follow.

December 25 has traditionally been the day when pagans marked the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. It is a day venerated by worshippers of the sun god across various cultures. Egyptians celebrated Horus' birthday on this day, while other ancient civilizations, including the Mesopotamians, Greeks, and Persians, also honored their gods during this time. Winter solstice traditions have existed long before the time of Jesus Christ.

The Winter Solstice occupies a central place in explaining the pagan roots of Christmas. Christmas traces its origins back to ancient Rome, where a winter festival called Saturnalia was observed near the winter solstice around December 21st, marked by gift giving and feasting. Several hundred years later, Germanic peoples contributed the tradition of yuletide, which added evergreen trees and lights meant to overcome darkness and ward off evil spirits. This twelve-day celebration began around December 20th and ended near the modern New Year, and it specifically marked the return of the sun following the solstice. As Christianity spread through Europe, the Catholic Church found itself unable to stop its members from continuing these pagan observances tied to the solstice season, so instead it blended in the concept of the birth of Jesus Christ, assigning December 25th as His birthday to absorb the existing traditions. This historical process is why modern Christmas customs, such as Santa Claus modeled after the Norse god Odin and Christmas lights originally meant to ward off evil spirits, are directly descended from solstice-related pagan practice rather than from any biblical instruction. This origin matters because it exposes the fundamental lie at the heart of a holiday that 93% of Americans celebrate, spending enormous sums of money and effort on a tradition rooted in sun-worship and evil-spirit warding rather than truth. Since God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth, He would not command anyone to observe a holiday built on falsehood. The solstice origins of Christmas illustrate why the world cannot recognize this deception: without God's calling and the Holy Spirit, people's minds remain closed to obvious truths, just as Isaiah prophesied that hearts would grow dull, ears hard of hearing, and eyes closed. This blindness explains why even sincere, Bible-literate individuals who accept teachings like the Sabbath can simultaneously embrace a holiday whose roots lie in Saturnalia and yuletide sun-worship, unable to reconcile the contradiction. Understanding the solstice-based origins of Christmas reinforces the necessity of guarding one's calling once God has opened the mind to truth. Recognizing that the holiday's core elements, timing near the solstice, evergreen and light traditions warding off spirits, and the later Christian veneer placed over it, are all pagan in nature strengthens the resolve to remain set apart from worldly celebrations. This knowledge becomes part of the broader charge to hold the line against peer pressure, protect children from compromising traditions, and remain diligent in growing one's calling rather than drifting back toward practices with no genuine connection to God's truth.