For you have perverted the words of the living God. Jer 23:36
There is a bit of romanticism and nostalgia surrounding Christmas.
Consider the songs we love to hear and sing.

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
Jack Frost nipping on your nose,
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir,
And folks dressed up like Eskimos.

I love the song and sing with it but I have never had a chestnut. Here in Texas the only thing we roast on an open fire are wieners and marshmallows.
The weather can be quite mild here. I’ve seen Christmases where it was 75° and sunny; and I’ve seen 25° and icy.
Very few Texans dress up like Eskimos.
I can only imagine what they think of that line in southern California or Florida.
How about this song;

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,
Ring ting tingling too
Come on, it’s lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you
Outside the snow is falling
And friends are calling “yoo hoo”,
Come on, it’s lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you.

Again it’s another song I love to sing to when it comes on the radio but I’ve never heard sleigh bells jingling in my life. I don’t think there’s a single solitary person that owns a sleigh in Texas.
And yet songs like these two give us a good feeling about Christmastime.
It’s not only secular songs;

Hark, the herald angel sings, Glory to the newborn King.

Nowhere in scripture does it say angels sing.
Or this from The First Noel;

The First Noel, the Angels did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep
On a cold winter’s night that was so deep.

Shepherds don’t keep watch over the flocks by night in the winter in Israel. They are usually brought out of the pasture by late September/early October.
One more for you from Away in a Manger;

The cattle are lowing
The poor Baby wakes
But little Lord Jesus
No crying He makes

It almost conveys the idea that Baby Jesus did not cry, which is far from the truth.
What we believe and feel about Christmas is often conveyed to us from what others have felt or written, particularly in the songs. (You do realize that Jesus was more than likely not born on December 25th in the year 0; right?)
I am not going to say anything bad or degrade Christmas.
I love Christmas, as most do! But it has very little to do with the Birth of Christ.
In fact the Bible never says we should celebrate His birth; instead it is written, for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes. 1 Cor 11:26
So if we have a romantic, nostalgic, warm fuzzy feeling about Christmas; do you think the same may be true in what we think about Christianity as a whole; it comes from what others write or say about it.
I’ll take a look at that next time.