{"id":1715,"date":"2024-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/mennonites-celebrate-christmas\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T09:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:55:14","slug":"mennonites-celebrate-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/mennonites-celebrate-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30e1\u30ce\u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\u306f\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u3092\u795d\u3046\u304b\uff1f\u306f\u3044\u3001\u4fdd\u5b88\u7684\u306a\u30b0\u30eb\u30fc\u30d7\u306f\u8cea\u7d20\u306b\u795d\u3046"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes. Mennonites celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus, and customs vary by group. Most modern Mennonite churches plan a Christmas program, and many families decorate and give gifts as their neighbors do. Old Order and other conservative Mennonites keep the day more quietly, without Christmas trees or house decorations, as a day for church and family. How do Mennonites celebrate Christmas? Third Way, a Mennonite information website, puts it plainly: &quot;Mennonites celebrate Christmas. We recognize this as the time\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. Mennonites celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus. Modern churches decorate and give gifts; Old Order groups keep a quiet day without a tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31520,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/amish-mennonite-relationship-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":1715,"position":0},"title":"Are the Amish and Mennonites Related? 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