Question
Who banned Christmas 1647 – 1660? Why did they ban it?
Answer
Puritanists banned Christmas 1647 – 1660 through English parliament.
They banned Christmas because they mistakenly believed in disinformation against Christmas.
| Disinformation | The truth |
| Christmas is unbiblical. | Christmas is biblical. |
| Anything similar to Catholicism is bad. | Catholicism has good and bad sides. Just filter it. |
| Any bad things in Christmas day resulted from Christmas. Remove Christmas = remove bad things. | Bad things in Christmas day should be categorized into Anti-Christmas tradition, instead of Christmas tradition.
Remove Anti-Christmas tradition, keep Christmas tradition (such as pray, reading and meditating Gospel, singing Christmas songs of Jesus) and supplementary tradition which is not in the opposition against Bible. |
| Christmas originated in Saturnalia. | Saturnalia was held in December 16-18, not December 25. Christmas did not originate in Saturnalia. |
| Christmas originated in Winter Solstice, birth of the Sun | Winter Solstice in 1-5 AD centuries fell on December 19-23, not December 25. Christmas did not originate in Winter Solstice. |
| Christmas tree originated in pagan | Christmas tree is a kid toy, an amusing object. It originated in Paradise Play depicting Adam and Eve. |
| Green is symbol of paganism | Green is a symbol taken from Gospel, a biblical color symbolizing welcoming the king Jesus. |
| Santa Claus is pagan god. | Santa Clause originated in St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra, Turkey, in 4 AD century. |
Christmas on December 25 
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