Ecclesiastes 3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
The sun controls the seasons on the earth.
The Son controls the seasons of our lives.
Acts 17:25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
This is true but that is not something everyone believes.
The number of individuals that celebrate Christmas as the birth of Christ is just a tiny fraction of the total population of the planet. The commerce of the season began even before Halloween this year. I get it but I don’t appreciate it. I grew up in a summer resort village where the visitors to our beaches during June, July and August meant everything financially. Businesses lived or died just from those summer sales.
I will not condemn anyone for what this current season means to them or how they choose to celebrate it or with whom they share it. That is not what I am called to do.
For me, personally, it is renewal time. I fund http://www.hiscup.net alone without seeking or accepting donations. Sharing of the gospel is free and should be done without cost to those who need to hear it the most. That effort does not live or die because of commerce, it will live or die by the will of God the Father as administered by His Son, Jesus Christ. This is as it should be.
The bible does not give a specific date that our Savior was born. There are hints, some vague references, some clues, and that may well be intentional. While God the Father knew on what specific date and time we would be born again, we did not. This is the only gift for any season that really matters.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
We celebrate birthdays because we have birth certificates. So we celebrate being born again?
Ecclesiastes 5:19 Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.
He has given you today, rejoice and be glad in it.