No, those things are part of the secular parts of the holiday that everyone can share in, but have nothing to do with Christianity and Christians know what Christmas really is and what Easter really is.

Christianity is based on sacred traditions, like the bible.

Easter eggs and Christmas trees are pagan symbols. Both are fertility symbols. Our Christmas and Easter occur on pagan holidays.

Catholocism took pagan holidays and traditions and infused them into Christianity. Thats why many have left the Catholic church and are becoming non denoms and such, in an attempt to get 'back to the basics' so to speak.

interesting question. christianity was supposedly started by Christ. if you look at the man himself, you'll find 14 years of his life missing from the bible. in this time he travelled the regions now known as egypt, india, tibet and a bunch of other places. in short, early christianity was influenced by buddhism, hinduism, judaism and many others. the first books now known as the new testament were written 20 years after christ's death in the form of paul's letters to the churches. not to mention all the other books of the bible that have been ignored by "mainstream" christianity for centuries. these books were written by the same authors as the other books of the bible and they are known as the books of the apocrypha. when rome converted from paganism to christianity (thanks to emporer contantine who made it official on his deathbed), the first "official" christian church was established which later became known as the roman catholic church. in order to ease the transition, holidays and celebrations were scheduled on the same days as old pagan holidays and celebrations, etc. in short, it would seem to me that christianity is a fusion of judaism, buddhism (the antithesis of hinduism and it's caste system), and paganism, amongst others. all of which spring from even more ancient traditions like the ancient egyptian mystery schools. there is no doubt that the world we live in springs from ancient sources and everything we think know is actually a fusion of many things going back thousands of years.

this is actually mainstream christendom, and not true christianity. true christianity does not practice such customs such as easter and christmas. these are of pagan origin and true christians will not contaminate themselves with such celebrations. 2corinthians 6:17 says: "therefore get out from among them, and separate yourselves says Jehovah, and quit touching the unclean thing'" upon learning the truths of the bible a person has to make the decision of either continue with their old practices or of leaving the old life behind to conform to bible standards. for more information go to www.watchtower.org

Ohnoez, they gotsta BURN.

We sure are not.All our beliefs are based on the word of God,and that alone.The sad thing about american christianity is that is so,and why their are so many false claims of salvation.That you can be a carnal christian.That isn't any where in scripture.We are Sola Scriptura(God's word alone) http://www.toxawaybaptistchurch.org

Good Question!! Let me just say, many will fall from the faith in the latter days and IT IS HAPPENING. Dont let the Devil into your life. Life is fragile. Keep Jesus before all-AND all will be revealed to you over time. Have patience, this world is not worth the suffering of the next life for all the unrepentant. Dont put Catholicism or any other doctrine before God.

No. Mainstream Christianity is based on Jesus Christ. The great feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was celebrated long before the unchristian English word "Easter" was first used. And the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is directly related to the Jewish feast of Passover going back to about 3,000 BCE. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, God the Son. Christmas is in no way a pagan holiday. No one knows the exact day when Jesus was born. If a date close to the winter solstice was chosen for Christmas to make conversion of pagans to Christianity easier then what is the harm of that? One could find a pagan holiday close to any date on the calendar. A few of the most minor details of Christianity, like eggs, bunnies, and evergreen trees are pagan fertility symbols of extreme antiquity. Christian converts brought the symbols into the Christian celebrations of Easter and Christmas. These benign pagan symbols have become part of the Christian tradition. They do not take anything away from the Birth or Resurrection of Jesus Christ and they add a bit to the celebration. With love in Christ.

Yes. Christianity has always tried to adopt symbols from local customs, to help its take-over from preceding religions. As, indeed, have other successful religions. Religion has to "fit" people's preconceptions, so that it cannot represent a total change but rather a keeping of the best of the old while replacing the worst with that religions New Proposition. Nobody knows when Jesus was born, though if the story of the census is true it wasn't in winter. Christianity deliberately took over the pagan mid-winter festival of Yule. In Greece, there are many churches to the prophet Elias on top of hills. They are sites of preceding temples to the Sun (Helios) - a change of spelling and you are good to go. In Africa, Jesus is often portrayed as black. In Byzantine culture, he was betrayed as blond, the same image as was previously used for Apollo, the sun god. Don't knock it - it works. "Root and Branch" changes often get reversed; subtle takeovers survive.