protestant Christians, including the Puritans and Pilgrims who fled to America from the tyranny of the Church of England, rejected and banned Christmas as a pagan and popish superstition. The early American tradition, until the influx of Irish Roman Catholics, was to work instead of observe that festival and "tradition" that had no biblical warrant. Those who did observe it in Europe did make use of the pagan trees and symbols until much later, instead following the tradition of the catholic Mass, which protestants considered idolatry.

I personally do not see the need to celebrate either pagan holiday Christmas or Easter considering neither of them has any biblical support. I would much prefer we concentrated on the things that God did command feast days for. Those celebrations he commanded believers to follow. They would be Passover, Pentecost and the Feast of Tabernacles. Of course most protestants would probably balk at such a legalistic viewpoint.