Truth is a sword of conviction. Never apologize for inviting reflection and questioning “why?” I appreciate when people come to obedience to convictions rather than capitulating to the cultural expectation.

Please know that for this one momma in Florida, your videos on Christmas have been such a blessing. This is year two for us not celebrating and I have to say, most believing friends and family bash us to the moon! It’s insane, they don’t even take a moment to try to understand or think critically. I have complete peace about it. I don’t know of any Christians in my life that don’t celebrate🥺 but I know a ton of non believers that do celebrate.

I thank God for the criticism you've faced and you talking about it. Not only is this my first holiday season not celebrating, it's my first holiday season as a believer. I'm about 9 months in and married to an agnostic. All of my friends and family are either unbelievers or believing without walking their talk. Your struggle gives me strength. Praise Jesus!

Just found you a few weeks ago, love you sister. My family hasn’t celebrated the holidays for about 6 years and the most hate filled comments come from brothers and sisters in Christ. You are loved and I’m so blessed to find like minded Christ followers that the Holy Spirit is leading and bringing us back to biblical truth.

You are here because like minded people and hearts need like minded places to go..there is strength among us..

When I came to the Lord I had similar feelings about Christmas. It kind of smacked me in the face one day when I was reading the Bible. I was so happy to see the video you made about not celebrating it. It was total confirmation for me. I think if we're going to celebrate anything it should God's appointed days. Anyway, change is hard. My kids won't understand now, but hopefully they will one day. Keep going girl. It's so good to see someone who is strong in their faith and convictions. That's a hard pill to swallow for some people, but I think you're on to something....don't stop. God bless. ❤❤❤❤

For me, I used to focus on and get angry about Christmas being a pagan holiday but I thought too highly about my own opinions. I think that hurt others and I was miserable. I definitely “call it for what it is” now and low and behold, I can have fun with Christmas in the ways I feel comfortable celebrating and leave out the hot garbage. I admire how God uses everything to mature us and for me, it’s about loving others more than my own opinions and it’s okay to have some wholesome fun! Thanks for the discussion and I pray the Lord refreshes you and blesses the rest of your day❤

Stay strong Heidi. Christmas is a big sacred cow within Christianity and when the truth is put out there believers get their feathers all ruffled.

Just want to say that I am a 71 year old male and I love watching your vids. I also agree with everything I have heard from you so far. Keep going and post what the Holy Spirit leads you to post.

Please don’t get discouraged Heidi. Your videos have been such an encouragement ♥️. So appreciate you !!

I have celebrated Christmas all my life (49 years!) but I don’t have any problem with others not celebrating Christmas. When I got saved at 13 years old, Christmas took on a whole new meaning for me. The hymns, the gifts, everything became so precious and pointed to Jesus in such a tangible way. Then when I was an older teen, I made friends at church who didn’t celebrate. I literally thought nothing of it, but just accepted it as something they had a personal conviction about and left it at that. The second Christmas season I was around them, they became so hateful, at one point yelling at me and saying I didn’t love Jesus because I celebrated Christmas. I have to say I was heartbroken. One of these girls I had considered to be my best friend. It broke that friendship. All this to say, whether you celebrate or not, please do it in love. Don’t condemn or judge others who see differently than you do. I’m sure it’s hard for those who don’t celebrate if they’re in a congregation that does. But if we put Christ first, there is room for everyone who believes.

Christmas is awesome. It is a beautiful, festive and joyful day. It is also the one time of the year where you can see Jesus in the public square whether that is a nativity or Christmas carols singing about Jesus etc. It plants seeds. It glorifies him. It brings Him into people's minds. Merry Christmas to everyone 💝

One other thing I will add is, myself included, we really do not understand the depths of spiritual warfare. When there are things that are symbolic of good or bad are brought into our homes and churches, it is an invitation to the powers behind those things. Yes, things are things, but there are attachments that we do not fully understand.

Heidi, I’m so sorry that this has happened. People ask you questions and you are gracious enough to share about you and your family. I like how in every single video you have done on this you have repeatedly said that you are not telling anyone what they should do, but that this is what you do and why and some are just skipping right over that assuming you must be telling them they are wrong. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Just know that you are loved and I’m praying for you, my friend! ❤️

You can argue all day long about celebrating or not celebrating Christmas. But in the end it is a very personal decision and choice, and I think the chapter of Romans 14 applies to this. Paul describes some believers who were convinced it was wrong to eat meat, and other believers (including Paul himself) who believed it was perfectly fine to eat it. Instead of giving a string of points about why eating meat is ok, he cautioned the meat eaters not to offend those who abstained, and not to try and convince them to eat meat. . He also said that the abstainers should follow their convictions, and that even if they found out later it was ok, if they ate meat while believing it was wrong,it WAS sin for them. He also told the non-meat eaters not to feel more righteous and not to judge the meat eaters. This issue of celebrating Christmas or not is very much like what is in Romans 14, and we should live by what Paul says in this chapter. We should follow our beliefs, NOT try and convince others to believe as we do, and totally walk with each other in love. I have seen and lived in both sides of this issue (including impact on family and friends), it’s very personal to me so I refuse to discuss it here. Everybody just needs to be kind and loving. It’s just stupid and tragic to fight over how to acknowledge the birth of Christ, with all the circumstances that fulfilled prophecies, proving He was the foretold Messiah. In arguing we miss the point that without the miracles surrounding His birth, we have no Messiah and no Savior, and no forgiveness of sins. God loved us so much He sent His son to save us, and the least we can do is love each other.

I appreciate the thoughtful convo on both sides, so thanks! 🙏🏻💟Got Questions has a good article on this topic. Here’s the last 2 paragraphs: “Some Christians say that since the world celebrates Christmas-although it is becoming more and more politically correct to refer to it as “the holidays”-Christians should avoid it. But that is the same argument made by false religions that deny Christ altogether, as well as cults such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses who deny His deity. Those Christians who do celebrate Christmas often see the occasion as an opportunity to proclaim Christ as “the reason for the season” among the nations and to those trapped in false religions. As we have seen, there is no legitimate scriptural reason not to celebrate Christmas. At the same time, there is no biblical mandate to celebrate it, either. In the end, of course, whether or not to celebrate Christmas is a personal decision. Whatever Christians decide to do regarding Christmas, their views should not be used as a club with which to beat down or denigrate those with opposing views, nor should either view be used as a badge of honor inducing pride over celebrating or not celebrating. As in all things, we seek wisdom from Him who gives it liberally to all who ask (James 1:5) and accept one another in Christian love and grace, regardless of our views on Christmas.” Even though we know 12/25 very likely isn’t the actual day of Jesus’ birth, hubs & I celebrate a simple Christ-centered Christmas. It’s dark & cold this time of year in CO; we love the cheerful, twinkling lights outside & the festive coziness & beauty of a tree inside. If we were convicted about it like we are about Halloween, we’d drop it like a hot potato, but so far we aren’t. God bless y’all & Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. ❤

I spent this past weekend purging everything I had that was Christmas and didn't realize how much I had accumulated over the past 50 years! My goodness! I'm donating so much of this stuff because like most of the comments here, others just don't get why we are no longer doing all this and I figure someone will use it. I never realized until now how much all the hype about Christmas is in our face! Nobody will understand why I'm no longer doing the tree, decorations, etc. but like most of you have stated, it's very freeing. I like to celebrate Jesus every day anyway and even my church family won't understand that Christmas is not Jesus' birthday!

I left the Christmas celebrations behind me. People just don't get it....and they don't want to hear it. I actually have a handout prepared that describes the exact reasons...straight out of the Bible...that I don't celebrate it. It has been 5 years and only one woman even tried to understand. She had a really emotional response and said "we do all these things and then go to church!!! ". One particularly irascible old man asked me what Bible I was reading...I responded KJV. He accepted the paper, folded it in half and walked away to put it in the trash. I think the thing people really like is that the families gather and make time for each other...they just can't pull it away from the other stuff. What I usually tell people is that Jesus only cares that you don't do those things in His name. In other words, Christ would prefer that His name is taken out of Christmas. At the end of the day, we are in the age of grace and God forgives us.

Prayer and personal convictions, we all need to sit as His feet and see what He wants for our family.

Colossians 3:23-24 KJV and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.🙌🙌

Heidi, stay encouraged! In this world you will be misunderstood regardless of your best efforts! Stay focused on Jesus! Rest in Him and be refreshed! He is faithful! God bless you sister!🙏

You are wrong about one thing, although it is a cultural Holiday it is Biblical, the incarnation of Jesus Christ it Biblical! I am thankful we live where we can freely celebrate our Savior in this country and what a great opportunity we have to point others to Him. This season of Advent is throughout Scripture especially in Luke.

I'm not sure if you will see this comment or not, but I will leave you my thoughts, being that I was one of the commentators on your past video on this topic. (First and foremost, I want to say thank you for your transparency, and vulnerability, and for expressing the sentiments of yourself and your family. I hope your daughter(s) and son are okay and not broken down to a point of unfruitfulness from the recent video that was put out.) It simply appears that you were misunderstood by a lot of us recently. We didn't quite get the fullness of what you were trying to get across because of certain reasons. As this commentator you featured mentioned, you had said some "buzz words" that made it challenging for us to see all that you were trying to say. (Such buzz words were, for example, [quote] "just call it what it is" in regards to Christmas. This came across as being mildly sarcastic and what caused such a reaction from many people, myself included. But honestly, the commentator put everything in perspective, so I don't need to repeat what this person so beautifully said.) I am a 27-year-old man with two daughters and the most beautiful person who I get to call my wife. We don't look at Christmas as the ACTUAL day Jesus was born. We look at the Christmas SEASON as simply a time to focus "more so" on the birth of Jesus rather than during other times of the year ---- (Don't throw stones, please, because I know you mentioned in your video that we should always be celebrating Jesus' birth everyday. I'll address this more below. Stay with me!) ---- Why? Well, we listen to the BBN Radio Network, for example. They play songs about Jesus' birth during this time. Certain grocery stores play songs about Jesus' birth here in Canada (Yes, it is true, and praise the Lord for this!) Do you want to know another thing? Our neighbours have giant santa clauses on their house and whatnot. Our oldest daughter (3 years old) says, "Daddy, look, is that a santa claus?" And then I say, "Yes, my daughter. But guess what? Santa isn't real, but JESUS is real, and He is worthy of our affection rather than santa." And guess what? My daughter agrees with me! I have used our neighbour's santa claus as an opportunity to point my precious daughter to Christ. Hallelujah! Satan can't do anything to thwart that. It's not like I'm going to go knocking on my neighbours' door and tell them to remove their santas and whatnot. I can simply take advantage of this evangelistic opportunity. And it works! Do we have a Christmas tree? No. Do we indulge in commercialism associated with this time? No. Do we reverence the DAY of Christmas on the 25th? No, no, no. Jesus was 99.99% not born on this day. It's just a SEASON and a TIME to especially remember His birth. But as you said and as is so obvious, we can celebrate His birth ANY day or even EVERY day. When commercialism gets in the way or idolatry or any other purpose than Christ, we need to guard our hearts to not entertain such things. Grace and Peace to you, and I hope my comment does more good than harm. And thank you for your time in clarifying yourself and your family in this video. It takes a real character to do what you did after seeing some of the fallout. May the Lord truly continue to guide you through this time!

Keep doing what the Lord's putting in your heart to do you are a blessing

Heidi, I just want to share some encouragement with you for your boldness and willingness to speak Truth. I grew up in the Lutheran church, but had never made Christ Lord of my life until about 4.5 years ago. Since then I have been studying Scripture for the first time in my life and as I have learned more and deepened my walk with Him, I have also started to ask some questions. For me I didn't understand why if we are grafted into His Chosen people, then why doesn't The Church do the same things His people do/celebrate/follow...those things that were given to us in His Word? Over the past year, Holy Spirit has been taking the scales off my eyes regarding the holidays and the Feast Days given to us by YHWH. This is my first year quitting Christmas and it is a very tough thing to do when it comes to family and those who also believe in their hearts they are doing it for the Lord. However, He tells us that we are not to worship Him like the pagans worship their gods...that is the kicker for me. He loves us so much and we love Him, so shouldn't we love and worship Him like He wants to be worshipped? And if He says don't mix it with pagan worship, then I don't want to do that. He did give us Feast days to celebrate Him and they all point to Yeshua, so why wouldn't we just do as He told us to do...worship as He asked us to worship? Next year will be my first year celebrating the Feast days and I am really looking forward to it❤ I did want to thank you for sharing your convictions and experiences. It helps to know we are not alone and there are others who may be or have gone through similar situations that I am as I quit Christmas this year. May the Holy Spirit bring you some comfort today and some encouragement to keep speaking Truth and may the Lord bless you and your family Heidi today and always ❤🙏🙌🏻

You’ve been such an encouragement in my walk with Christ and getting away from the worldly things ❤ I’m sorry you feel attacked and defeated from this person’s own issue with her own convictions. Why is she so worried about how you make her feel about how or why she celebrates Christmas? She needs to pray and worry about what Jesus thinks of her and how she’s celebrating. The seed is planted and she can’t unsee the truth about Christmas and I pray that she will be able to let the truth set her free from the churchianity

I think the response you received was very respectful and right! I am a christian also and celebrate Christmas. But after watching you for the last year it is obvious you cant handle someone not agreeing with you. Your Christianity is your own, but you seem to think your opinion, your studies are right and the right way to live as a Christian. I think this is the lord saying something to you about your tone, your words you use, and your actions. Yes you are on youtube and that brings other opinions that do not agree with yours. Also you have a way of saying punchy little comments that may be offensive. So this women caught all the things that needed to be brought to light. Now as a veiwer and a Christian i think you need to ponder on what was said and how you can change some of the delivery and the words youve daid in the past. I think this is a learning experience for you. Pray about it and look in the mirror when you speak. It might help you hear what you are saying then just speaking in to your camera at your audience. Again i thing her response was good and kind and very thorough. We are all not perfect, but i think you are used to speaking and everybody goes your way. Well this is a bigger audience then your home, there are alot of very intelligent Christians who know the bible maybe even better than yiu. So we need to be careful on passing judgments on how people should be serving the lord and celebrating him. Hope you learn for this and i pray the lord speaks to you. Keep sharing the gospel that is the one most important service we should be doing. Making disciples and spreading the gospel so all can be saved. ❤

The Hebrew faith and being set apart does NOT make sense to most “Christians” This is my 3rd year not celebrating any of the worlds holidays and really focusing on YAHWEHs feasts THAT are in the Bible. Being a whole Bible believer has brought me SO much closer to my Creator💛 Shake off the dust off your feet and keep plowing forward:)

Don't ever give up!! I love your videos and you are encouraging me on my journey! You have a way of explaining things and I admire you!!! You are a gift to us!!

I loved your video! Holy Spirit began to deal with me this season about no longer celebrating Christmas. Your video gave my confirmation. Thank you, friend! People hate the truth. ⚔️

Keep on sister. We had a lot of opposition when in 2012 decided to quit christmas

Heidi, I'm wondering at such an emotional response by you from some of the comments. Do you really care that much what people think of you? I am a committed Bible believing Christian. You have a stance and you put it out there for your reasons. Why do you seem to care so much that others might disagree with you? Are you putting your true hope in yourself and how you might look in KZfaq!? We all need to look deeply into our hearts on WHY we do what we do. Thanks for making me think hard about this. I love Christmas, Jesus ' birth and all that goes along with it. It's one of the only good memories of my childhood so I'll keep celebrating His great gift to us.

Continue to share your life and faith. It makes a difference. We are to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind. This includes us surrendering ourselves completely to God and obeying Him.

Much love to you Hedi and family. Thank you for all you do. Someone has to bring attention to these things, and God gave the platform to you. Thank you for doing it. KNOWING the chaos it would likely bring. Praying for peace for you all. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

Heidi, you are truly a blessing and really have opened my eyes to a lot of things. I’m blessed the Lord has placed you in my path.

I still celebrate Christmas, and you don’t offend me. Of course, we celebrate Jesus and our church is sound. Some people just get sensitive and social media makes it worse. You have to remember people have timing in their lives which would make people watch or not. Probably has nothing to do with what video you put on. Of course, I could be wrong. Lol I love how you mix things up, you’re doing a great job. Sending love and hugs your way. Many prayers as well. You got this!! ❤🙏🏻🌸

It realy stinks when people don't get you. Thank you for trying this hard to be a blessing for so many. May The Lord give you peace and joy to serve Him. You know, the way you handle comments and being honest about what it does to you (isn't fun for you... but) is also helping us and you're an example as well. Don't forget the Lord is working through this as well. To God be the Glory!

Did this comment "wreck you" because you felt misunderstood? It was very respectful and kind.

We quit Christmas last year after I found another teaching channel and learned the depths of the paganism. Learning what each thing symbolized was appalling. The ones who want to criticize and justify simply do not know the depths of evil that are in the celebration. Start researching the masons and satanism. This about pagan god birthdays, human sacrifice, overt sexual abominations, etc. There are many videos out there from those who used to be part of the occult and verify it. If you don't want to research, you truly don't want to know. Learning what I learned changed my life, but you know what, God is so much bigger and better and I feel free. I have been opened up to what all the idols in my life have been.

When you walk by the Spirit and not the flesh, none of this really matters. Only He does.

There are more and more of us that have had our eyes opened and msde us better Bereans. No shrines of trees here.

Can’t wait to watch this later today! Just wanted to say I love you and your family so much!❤

I realized a few years ago that I actually hate the holidays, and with that realization that I have spent many Christmases feeling disappointed because it never was what movies and all the stores and commercials chock it up to be. We all have this image in our mind, or at least I did, that Christmas is happy and everyone drinks hot chocolate and blah blah blah. Reality is, Christmas has been made into a stressful, family drama, greedy, day/week/season. With this realization I have come to very much despise that I have celebrated a secular holiday more of my life, rather than celebrating Jesus’ birth. Furthermore, Christ's birth was a wonderful day but also He was an infant that would grow up to be sacrificed. We’ve made a self righteous party out of it with our Christmas trees floating over a sea of unnecessary and unappreciated gifts that we all felt pressured to buy. It’s hard to come to this realization, it truly made me feel so convicted and deeply sorry for what I had been doing for so long. Some times people’s hearts just aren’t ready for revelations like this, and it feels more like they are being accused or chastised. If anyone feels this way, I would urge you to pray about it. I think we all should be praying about where our heart is in this season because the last thing the world wants is for our heart to be seeking Christ and its so easy to go astray. God bless.

I am shocked but not shocked in the response to your video. I want to tell you to stand strong, no matter what is said in this comment section. You spoke the truth, and now they want to stone you. You posted a video earlier this week talking about Idolatry; now recognize those who are so bonded by this PAGAN holiday. I pray that God continues to give you the strength to stand on his word. Shalom

❤❤❤❤❤, Christmas has lost the meaning that it should have. It has become commercial and big business. Thank you for showing and living what Christmas should be. And that is the DAILEY celebration of God's blessings and to live for him and celebrate his gift of eternal life. A big hug coming your way. Keep posting what God wants and don't let anyone steal your joy.

🙏I have been praying for your daughter. I pray with all my heart that as you discussed the comment with her that it was not represented to bring hurt. 🙏My heart does hurt that your daughter could possibly be feeling any kind of brokenness over this. I have been praying for her a lot this morning, and I will keep praying that she feels built up in the Lord’s great love for her, and that the enemy has no foothold in this whatsoever. 🙏Praying that she is protected from any wrong intentions that I know the devil would like any of us to be feeling right now. 🙏Praying that she knows we (I think I can safely say “we” as in all of us viewers here) know how dearly loved and respected she is by you and your entire family. 🙏I pray that she knows we know she has a wonderful wonderful momma!🙏I’m praying that she knows that we fully know she had absolutely no ill intentions towards her momma at all in what she said. 🙏 I pray that if your daughter has felt even the most minuscule kind of hurt, that she and you will know my deepest and most sincere apologies abound to her and to you. 🙏May she feel fully loved, and absolutely respected, and truly protected & guarded from the enemy who may try to twist anything else wise.🙏 Though your daughter is wise and well mature, the comment was meant for you and not her. But, it’s your right to share what you will to anyone in your household. Though she seems a lovely mature young lady I know she’s still a child, and it breaks my heart for any child to have their feelings hurt, and especially if I have any part of the hurt- I’m so very sorry. 🙏The comment was meant only for you, and was never ever meant at any point to turn into anything of disgrace towards your daughter. And yet, if your daughter experienced any hurt feelings, I truly and affectionately offer my sincerest apologies. If it’s necessary, please promise to express to your daughter the sentiments above. Thank you. There’s definitely responses that I have in light of your response here to where we still disagree on that 1% that I will keep unsaid because I want nothing to deter from the sincerity of what is expressed above towards your sweet daughter other than to say- in no way is persecution happening here as some have suggested. In the end, I’d believe we’re on the same side. In the utmost genuine respect to your feelings, though you expressed you’re not angered or even roused up in a bad way, I can still see your heart aching- to that, if there’s a place I need to apologize for, I do, I fully and truly do. ❤️You ended your video offering hugs. Hugs right back to you my sister in Christ, hugs before the Christmas topic started, and hugs after the Christmas topic is over. I wish I could hug you in real life because I’d give you a BIG one. 😊 I truly love your heart for the Lord, and I’d truly love to know you in “real life”. And even if there may be disagreements on any given topic , as part of the body of Christ, I’ve prayed for you & your family at different times when you’ve walked through difficulties. 🙏May the Lord richly, richly bless you and your beautiful family, especially your sweet sweet daughter, and the ministry the Lord has placed before you. Much, much love to you! And please, please,

I’m glad you are on here to tell truths! God Bless you Sister ❤. Stay strong 💪. Lots of people don’t understand the truth about Christmas. 🙏🏻❤️

Every day is a Holy Day in the Lord.❤

I love heavenly minded academy & look forward to your weekly videos! Thank you for all that you do🙏

Please know all your videos on Christmas have been a blessing to us!!!! It really helps my family to not feel alone. Blessings on you guys. Keep fighting the good fight!!!

Your KZfaq channel has been such a blessing to me and others! Keep doing what you’re doing ❤😊

I appreciate your video about why you don't do Christmas - you mention being convicted about the exact same stuff that I have begun to be convicted about too and thanks to your video I am now going to be looking into Hannukah! Please carry on! Thank you!

Well, I am thankful that you gave me some insights and many things to think about, considering Christmas. I never thought about it this way. I really think your channel is a real blessing. Greetings from Holland :)

I appreciate your authenticity!

26 minutes in and I can say I fully appreciate both sides given. I love Christmas. I do. If I'm honest, I love the sparkles and the baking and the getting together. I will give you some points Heidi, you have made me think twice about my irrepressible love for red and green jammies this time of year and cheesy movies and more ornaments that I don't really need. I saw one of your earlier videos, and I took one long hard look at our nativity set and thought about how sweet and simple and lowly it really was. It was something so precious, and it is precious to me that even unbelievers can maybe get the faintest whiff of it at Christmas time. I mean,Christ is in the name, what a doorway to conversation with even perfect strangers! Generosity is more common and accepted this time of year. Im going to a nursing home with Christmas presents and tracts this week for the very first time and Im very excited to meet everyone and tell them about Christ. Biblical or not, it really is a gift for us wannabe evangelists who struggle with starting conversations 😂 Also, just because it's cultural, doesnt mean it's bad. Every missionary everywhere in the world has to adapt to their culture. The one thing that I do wonder is about the actual "celebrating" with all the frills and silly things which I love. How much is enjoying, and how much is idolatry? I suppose the Holy Spirit will let me know that as I go along😂 He always does. But I do get suspicious of being a little too....fastidious. Especially when it comes to putting that on other people. Abstaining or not abstaining though, whether a weak or strong brother, we shouldn't fight. Not about this. That is the one thing I KNOW without a shadow of a doubt

Please don’t allow the comment to upset you! You are doing what is right for you and your family. The lady commenting is free to do the same. I don’t celebrate Christmas and ask a friend whom is a very GODLY young woman if it bothers her that the tradition of Christmas is rooted in pagan traditions(she celebrates Christmas). She explained to me that unfortunately TONS of things are rooted in paganism for example the days of the week. She went on to say that GOD can sanctify anything and use it for his glory. She likes to know that at least the world is coming together to observe the birth of Christ. We differ greatly in our view on celebrating Christmas. No judgment from either side

I've stopped celebrating worldly holidays 30 plus years I'm not Jehova's witness. I have 2 kids that grew up knowing the truth. I'm so glad to see other Christians seeing the light!!!

I love the point you make at 23:20… yes yes yes!!

Praying for Gods strength to lift you up and walk with you as you Continue fighting the good fight and standing for HIS truth! Shining light on the differences between the world vs righteousness! Whatever path that is in whatever way he calls u now or later i pray peace that passes all understanding over you in Jesus name! Remember His burden is easy and His yolk is light❤

I am a believer and we celebrate Christmas as Christs birth as it is a cultural tradition. I think the bottom line is that we All have to give an account unto God individually.

I think this comment you shared and your response with both well thought out. You both were courteous and kind to each other. I pray that you can put this all behind you now. Final word said and done and enjoy time with your family. May the piece of Christ be with you all.

I appreciate how it was mentioned about when Christmas falls on a Sunday! Of course we had this last year 2022. Our small baptist Church held service and sadly not all of our congregation came. And I do know churches that did not have service in our area. And one of our largest churches in the area, one of the pastors, the children's pastor put a comment on Facebook about all the work it takes to put a service together and basically sounded like she was complaining about having to do it. It was very sad and unsettling to hear that

Having eyes to see and ears to hear is not the common thing. Eyes and ears are being opened more and more, and when you convey to YT audiences that yours have been, you will be questioned and almost verbally abused by one’s with not open eyes and ears. Seeking the truth is much harder than sitting around and being told what to think. Hang in there, whatever your path may be. I have experienced the same… And, when people say “are you Jewish, those are Jewish things”, kindly remind them that all those Feasts and Festivals were given to All 12 tribes, not just Judah(Jews), and that as followers of Yeshua, we are part of Abrahams seed now, which means those things are for us. JMO

I have wanted to "cancel Christmas" and brought the ideas and whys to my family... they didn't feel the same way. I've enjoyed the season but still want to rid the "things" and starting by getting rid of the things NOW, and not storing for next year. It is refreshing to see that not only did you do this but you are sharing all the things that I have and will have to deal with too. Thank you!!!!!!

The the whole point is does God approve,I also don't celebrate any holidays. I get the well I love Jesus,like I don't,let them be,when they figure it out it may be to late❤.to you for being brave

Don’t let the evil one get to you girl. You did the right thing and lukewarm Christians are going to come down on you like fire. They’re doing it to me too. You must be strong and hold your ground and be bold in your faith. You’re doing the right thing. Just be strong. We love you stay strong sister.

We love you Heidi ❤ and your lovely family! Please keep up the good work. You are truly a God sent! Greetings from a hungarian homeschool mum❣

As a family that no longer celebrate Christmas we have become used to not hearing from our Christian friends in the month of December. We find it ironic considering this is the time of year that Christians claim that it is all about spreading love and joy.

Never give up, never back down, you are making so much of a difference in peoples lives. It make it easier for people like me who feel the same way you do, to see others with the same convictions in our faith.

You know I love you, your precious family and this ministry. ❤

We do celebrate but have been extremely toned down with it. Im a single mom and had decided I want Jesus to be the focus. So i do 4 gifts each kid max. They are needs not wants. They know about Santa etc and know not to make other kids who still believe feel bad. We are happy doing a mellow Christmas keeping Christs birth front and center. Love your channel!

What a very classy, thoughtful, respectful and very thought provoking response. Most of all, what a very CHRIST-Centered explanation in your response. Thank you for setting an excellent example of how we can reply to conflict or situations especially when we are given a platform for ministry. Thank you! Psalm 51 🙏

I stopped doing Christmas too and I am getting the same confused backlash from my family as well. Modern Christianity does not question their traditions. Think of the story of Gideon. When he went into the temple, there were idols everywhere. You could not even walk up to the tent of meeting without tripping over idols. How do you think the people felt when Gideon started throwing out the idols? Same thing. They were clueless. Tradition has such a grip on modern Christian’s, they don’t want to research. I could yell till I am blue in the face explaining why we don’t do Christmas, because of the pagan origins and how it was never found in Gods word. Yet, they still will not understand. Those who have an ear, hear what the spirit is saying to the churches. He says someday I will turn your festivals into mourning, and your happiness to sorrow, or something like that. Look what happened to the Israelites when they tried to worship God the same way they worshiped the Egyptian Gods at Mount Sinai? God ordered the killing of 3000 Israelites who were involved in the incident! He’s not playing around. He wants us to worship him the way he instructed in his word. He DETESTS our festivals to the Lord. He wants us to honor his holy days of Passover, feast of unleavened bread, firstfruits, penticost, day of Trumpets, day of atonement, and feast of tabernacles/sukkot. We can’t obey them 100% until Christ sets up his millennial kingdom, but he wants us to remember them.

Reading through all these comments seems so exhausting, hope you can take some time to recharge. HUGS!!

I personally enjoy the longer videos with intention 💕 I love listening to why one has come to the decisions they made/make. I think it’s important when making my own decisions to view things from every angle, to really put the work in to be able to stand firm in that choice (for this very reason) and share when you’re Called to share because it’s refreshing to hear you aren’t alone in those decisions.

I speak the name of Jesus over you 💜

♡ Big HUGS!

I have been coming to this conclusion year after year /I'm glad you made this video it added support to know other people feel this way.

Never let anyone defeat you when it is a conviction of your own. Period.

Keep putting out the content that the Lord has placed in your heart. The right people will subscribe, like and stay😂 God bless you mama.

Praise God for releasing me from this bondage, amongst other things :) This is one of the very first things God will convict you of after you come to the knowledge of His saving grace.

I stopped celebrating 4 years ago and began to keep the celebrations from Leviticus 23. I found your channel a few weeks ago and it has been very encouraging. I am a new wife, married 7 months ago and are preparing for a baby to arrive midspring. It has been hard to find a community that is seeking God's spirit and truth. Thank you for your vulnerability and for using your platform to the Glory of God. Your graciousness and perspective have been so refreshing and reminded me that God is always working in the hearts of His people.

Celebrating Christmas is a disputable matter. It's not my business what you do or your business what I do. Neither celebrating or not is sin so really, it doesn't matter. We need to focus on what matters. I wonder if maybe you need a break from putting everything you do on KZfaq. You just cannot get this upset about this. Live by the convictions God places on your heart and if you truly deal he wants you to share them do but know this is going to happen. No biggie.

Thank you!!!!! 🙌🙌 I asked myself that same question back in 2018 " "Why do I celebrate and decorate my home for Christmas Easter and other man made holidays?" I was convicted and threw out everything Christmas, Easter and any other pagan holidays. You are loved and appreciated by others who have similar convictions. We have to remember Jesus offended many people!

Thank you for reading her comment, and responding to her for all of us to hear. I feel like it was just a great recap on what you talked about this week, and summarized well. It really helped me with the same questions I had this week with my own convictions on Christmas! Thank you for being strong. I would have given up on the internet,but you didn’t. Thank you SO much for changing my life as a Christian woman. I am growing SO much from your channel. Thank you for doing this tough work. You’re doing great and appreciate all that you do! 😊

Good word!!!!

I justs started watching this video but paused to say that Im sorry you have felt discouraged as a result. Even if I dont see the need for my family to stop Christmas, I still appreciate you sharing your views as to why you were convicted about it. The internet is a hard place to have dialogue..I hope you have a better day and know that God is using you to encourage women all over. Hugs from your sister in Christ in Tx ❤️

I am learning 😌

Romans 14:5 KJV One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Very well said! Everything you said was true!

I'm sorry Heidi it's okay to agree to disagree and if they feel so strongly why are they watching you in the first place keep going you're doing God's work I will be praying for you

Girl, you are so apologetic to a fault. You have a humble heart. Don't allow someone else's lengthy explanations as to why they do what they do get the best if you. You don’t brag about not celebrating Christmas and you don't invoke or bring out your convictions to convict others on this delicate topic. People like you and I get the opposite responses. We get made out to be the Debby downers or Grinches who steal the Christmas spirit and take the joy out of things that were simply brought up through unholy traditions of men. We are the ones usually feeling bad for making folks feel uncomfortable and shame ourselves for having our convictions. We are not the majority by any means. So when we simply assert or shed light on these very delicate topics that create visceral reactions, we end up being wronged by others. I have been dealing with this within my family and I still deal with the indirect ways some individuals try to extend their invitation knowing I don't celebrate it and prefer to keep it as another day. Unfortunately it falls on deaf ears because they don't want to accept that we don't celebrate Christmas. I still feel that I am not fully supported by my husband and I do try to meet him in the middle without compromising my beliefs and convictions. If I invited them for Hanukkah I would get some really crazy looks I bet 😅. But I don't because I know they don't celebrate it and I don't ever want them to put them in that position in the first place. I have made it known to the in laws to please refrain from giving gifts and that we don't observe the Christmas season. But clearly they don't get it. Keep on doing what you do best, Heidi! You and I want to hear "well done my good and faithful servant ". No one else's opinion matter on that great day! Shalom!😊❤

To be honest, I had the same thoughts she did. 😅 Kinda glad she communicated it. Way better then I ever could. Your response actually put me at ease because the only point i was getting was all Christmas is bad. Chuck it all. 😆So, thank you. It was really worth the time to understand. Love you! ❤❤❤

The material is to keep you spiritually dumbed down.

I am happy you took the time to clarify your stance on Christmas. I was somewhat confused as i enjoy watching you on KZfaq Heidi. You have a lot of valid points. The commercialism of Christmas is getting out of hand. As a Christian, Im embarrassed to say I struggle with being sucked into the wordly aspect of the day. Thank you for reminding me of a lot of things I know I have to work on. God Bless!!!

Loved your point about not holding service on Sunday morning when Christmas is on Sunday! There shouldn't be a reason not to gather together on Sunday

Don't beat yourself up, dear sister!!❤❤

Thank you for your videos. God is using you. Don't let the enemy still your Joy! Remember why your sharing God's word. And your heart. I'm recently new to your videos a few months. I have enjoyed your wisdom of Godly spiritual things. Keep up the work of God. Thank you! 😊 and God's peace and grace be upon you. 🙇‍♀️ keeping in prayer.

The same mindset, who never questions the origins of things such as the Enneagram, Halloween, "Holy" Tarot cards, "Holy Yoga," etc., are the same people not willing to go deep into the history of so-called "Biblical" Christmas. The truth of how decorated trees entered into our Christian "collective" is fascinating and noteworthy but as you've clearly stated, "This is not a Christian holiday." Agree. 🙂 This video could potentially lead to some very profound discussions and revelations if folks were willing to do the work! Thank you for putting yourself out there in authentic boldness. God bless.

This is me on Monday...so I understand it. I feel like curling up in a ball today but am doing laundry and trying to function as per normal after a busy weekend.