Christmas Games and Party Ideas

Every season we celebrate Christmas by hosting lavish holiday parties and having close-knit get-togethers with friends and family. It is a joyous time of year for all involved and should be celebrated and enjoyed with love in your hearts and good cheer all around. Unique, fun games and creative party ideas will create lasting impressions for many years to come. One thing that should be kept at the forefront by Christians celebrating the joyous season is the truth behind many of our age-old traditions. Christians also need to be diligent in remembering who we are celebrating and why.

The blessed opportunity to teach about Christ the Savior, his remarkable birth, amazing life and sorrowful death comes easily at this time of year. There are a plethora of Christmas party ideas and Christmas party games on the internet. You many ask your local church for ideas as well. While planning these celebrations and/or gatherings, this may be the opportune time to discuss with family and friends the truth about why we celebrate in the fashion that we do. A simple examination of our existing Christmas traditions will reveal that our current customs have their origins in ancient pagan rites and rituals. This may come as a shock to many who have just accepted our customs for what they are.

What may surprise many who are not history or religion buffs is the well-known tradition of putting up the Christmas tree. Most people, most Christians for that matter, decorate a tree during the Christmas season with out knowing that this is actually a representation of the resurrection of a Pagan god. The Yule log is yet another Pagan symbol. It represents the Pagan god once again and it is placed on the fire to symbolize his death. His resurrection comes when they [the pagans] would cut down an evergreen tree and bring it into their homes. The tree is still green and alive in winter’s bleakness and therefore symbolizes life. They would decorate the tree with little round, red berries and such. This is most likely a representation of their sun god as the pagans were sun worshippers. All of this took place in the winter time when the days were shorter and plant foods were scarce. The Pagans also performed this ritual to ensure that their god was pleased so that spring may come again.

There are many other Christmas customs, party games and traditions that actually have origins from before the birth of Christ. In fact, you may find other Christian celebrations with the same Pagan backgrounds and origins. What Christians need to do is to find ways to keep Christ at the center of all of these activities. By learning about our customs and traditions, we can then find ways to maintain the Savior’s part in these celebrations and keep him at the forefront. Discussing this information with family and friends may be the perfect way to develop new family traditions, bring families and friends closer, strengthen bonds and all the while make sure that Christ is the emphasis of our time-honored traditions.