There’s another side to the Christmas debate: those who want to force other believers to stop celebrating Christmas. While I’m bothered by those that want turn Christmas into a holy day (more than others), I’m especially perturbed by those who try to shame other Christians into not enjoying the holiday season.

The theme of the passages about special days in the New Testament is to not allow yourself to be judged, neither for observing them nor for choosing not to. (The discussion in Galatians is about practicing Judaism as a path to salvation)

The bashers are wrong. Sinfully wrong. It’s one thing to choose not to put up lights or trees or wreaths. It’s another thing all together to condemn those who make a different choice. It’s a sinful attitude, a divisive spirit that does nothing but damage the body of Christ.

“Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another?” (Romans 14:4)

Leave them alone. Let them celebrate. Spend your fighting energy on more important things.