CHRISTMAS: IT IS NOT PAGAN IN ORIGIN; IT HAS A NEW TESTAMENT ORIGIN

Christmas refers to the sending of Christ into the world, his incarnation with the purpose of possessing a human body to suffer the penalty of sin as the basis of man’s salvation.

by Eusebio Tanicala

Etymology of the Word Christmas

“The word ‘Christmas’ is derived from the proper name ‘Christ,’ and the addition, ‘mass,’ a rite or commemorative ceremony,” writes Guy N. Woods in the above quotation.  He thinks that ‘mass’, which is the suffix of Christmas, comes from the Roman Catholic Church’s sacrament called Eucharist, the consecr…