Christians Should Not Eat Halal

What is Halal?
Halal is used in reference to foods that are permissible for Muslims to eat or drink under Islamic Shariʻah (law).  The word halal means permitted, so halal food is anything that sharia allows people to eat.
If they are just a separation of food items like the clean and unclean animals for Jews, there should be no issues for a Christian to eat them. But, halal is more than just a  separation  but requires a method of slaughter
Dhabihah.  Dhabihah is in Islamic law, the ordered method of ritual slaughter of all lawful halal animals. One of them is the head of the animal must be facing the Qiblah and calling on the name of their god Allah when slaughtering it, the blood is drained out of the living (and normally conscious) animal, while an Islamic prayer is spoken over them.
So, halal is an act of slaughtering an animal as an offering or thanking or praising in the name of a pagan god. This makes halal nothing but a disguised form of sacrifice.
This teaching comes from the Quran:
“O you who believe! Eat of the good and pure things We have provided you with, and render thanks to Allah if it is He alone Whom you really worship.  He has forbidden you only (to eat carrion) that which dies of itself, the blood, the flesh of swine and that over (the sacrifice of) which the name of someone other than Allah has been invoked.” (Q 2:172-3)
 “And do not eat that on which Allah’s name has not been pronounced.” (Q 6:121)

There are those who say it doesn't really matter because Allah and YHWH are the same god, this is RIDICULOUS.
The YHWH of Christianity and the Allah of Islam share some titles and characteristics in common, and many people believe that YHWH  and Allah are the same. Believing that YHWH and Allah are the same, some have suggested that Christians should call YHWH Elohim by the name Allah to stop Christian/Muslim tensions.
Is the YHWH of the Bible the Allah of the Qu’ran?
Think what Muslims say about the name Allah.  Allah is the personal name of the One true God,  the Institute of Islamic Information and Education say. Christians also believe the same thing about Elohim of the bible. In the Bible, Moses says in Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our Elohim is one Lord:
Isaiah recorded Elohim's own words, He writes in Isaiah.
Isaiah 45:1-5
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:



Either these verses refer to the same deity or else these verses identify one exclusive divinity. So which is it?

Muslims believe that Allah is the creator, that he is eternal, the first and the last, and that he is merciful and compassionate. Christians believe the same things about Elohim of the Bible.
If you look at these examples, you might think that Elohim and Allah could be the same deity. But  you have to look further.
The Elohim of the Bible has a Son. The Old Testament tells us a number times of Elohim's Son, both literally and figuratively. We see theprophesy of this in Psalm
Psalm 2:7
I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Proverbs  also say's
Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Most other Old Testament Scriptures confirm that Elohim has a Son. And of course, the New Testament is all about  Elohim's Son, Yeshua.
Elohim also revealed His Son figuratively through the lives of His people as recorded in the Old Testament. For instance, Abraham and Isaac enacted the Son’s sacrifice when Abraham laid Isaac on the altar. Yeshua declared that this incident was a revelation of Himself, the Son of Elohim, when He told the Jews in John.

John 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
The Bible makes it quit clear that salvation comes through YHWH's Son, Yeshua Christ.
Yeshua prayed in John.
John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

But this is what the Qu’ran says, “God forbid that He Himself should beget a son!…Those who say: ‘The Lord of Mercy has begotten a son,’ preach a monstrous falsehood.” 2

So, Allah can not be the Christian’s Elohim, because the Elohim of the Bible definitely has a Son.
The Bible is unyielding on this point.
1 John 2:23
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
To call YHWH  Allah, then, would be to deny the Son and the Father, too.
Yeshua plainly says, in John
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Paul also say's
1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

YHWH's whole plan of salvation hangs on this very point. Elohim came in the person of His Son Yeshua Christ
to redeem humanity for Himself. Allah did nothing of the kind. So for Christians to call YHWH Allah, will nullify the whole plan of salvation.

The comparison of the Qu’ran and the Bible gives unquestionable evidence that the Elohim of the Bible and Allah are two very different entities. YHWH declared in Isaiah
Isaiah 42:8
I am the YHWH: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

YHWH commanded reverence for His holy name.  To think that anyone can call the Elohim of the Bible Allah would not only be a mistake, it would be blasphemous because the names YHWH and Allah refer to two different entities.

So eating halal meat raises serious questions for Christians.
Yeshua said, anything that goes into the mouth does not defile a man. There are so many that misunderstand this to explain eating food sacrificed to other gods also does not defile a man. Yeshua was speaking to a Jewish assembly who don’t eat unclean animals or food sacrificed to other gods. Yeshua is specifically addressing the issue of washing hands as the reference scripture itself mentions.

Matt 15:9,10-11,18-20 
And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ” … When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: “Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” …  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

Yeshua is no where near suggesting that eating food sacrificed to other gods is allowed. Actually, He warned two churches for eating things sacrificed to idols.
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
 
Revelation 2:20
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
In the law, YHWH is against His people being invited and then eating sacrifices of other gods.
Exodus 34:13-16
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
Acts was from a letter send by apostles, elders and brethren being assembled in agreement, which clearly mentions the need to abstain from things offered to idols.
Acts 15:28-29
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

With halal, there are three areas of great concern, Firstly, the way of killing, because the animal suffers unnecessarily                                                                                                                        

and, secondly, the prayer that is used over the animal as it is being killed, which may be either the bismillah in the name of Allah or the shahada, the Muslim creedal statement  there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger.
This religious aspect is what makes halal meat halal. Also, halal is an essential part of sharia,Islamic law.
The halal meat industry is part of a process of Islamisation in which some Muslims are looking to impose the legal requirements of Islam, not just on their own people, but also on the rest of society.Should we as Christians,submit to this Islamic law now being imposed on us. In eating halal meat, Christians and other non-Muslims are nowfurthering the process of dawa Islamic mission, the Islamisation of society and the imposition of

Islamic law.

Also, It is unlikely that anyone else will tell you about this Islamic law requires a 2.5% tax called zakat which is imposed on income and accumulated wealth of all devout Muslims.
For example, the muslims that are involved in the halal industry the imams, slaughtermen, workers, business & shop owners etc.
Halal certification is done on a fee for service basis, with the fees varying with the scope and scale of the services.
Certification is provided by Islamic organizations, and would not be halal if the required zakat was not paid on the fees.
What you may not know is that there are eight classes of zakat recipients, each of which gets a 1/8 share of the gross. One of those classifications is fighters in Allah’s cause aka Mudihideen, aka terrorists.
When you buy a product that is certified Halal, you are indirectly contributing to terrorism.

Come Out Of The Churches

Churches today are rooted in paganism which is used for brainwashing, mind control, indoctrination, oppression, coercion, false teaching and so on, to control people.
There is no command in scripture that says a believer in Yeshua Christ must attend a church building in order to worship Elohim. There are no examples of any followers of Yeshua going to a church building to worship Elohim either. They worshipped Him by their obedience in every area of life, daily. They did not worship Him by giving only one hour of their time every week to some man-made temple. Does YHWH dwell in man-made temples? No He does not. Scripture tells us:
Acts 7:48
"Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands;"          

Acts 17:24
"Elohim...dwelleth not in temples made with hands;"
Hebrews 10:25 gives a straightforward command.
Hebrews 10:25
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
The command in Hebrews 10:25 to exhort one another is also found in Hebrews 3:13, where it says we are to exhort one another daily.
Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
If we claim to obey Hebrews 10:25 by attending church one day a week, do we also fulfill the command to exhort one another daily, when we see other believers only once a week?
Also, do we even obey the basic command to exhort one another when we simply listen to the polished speaking of a philosopher? Are we really obeying the Biblical commands concerning exhortation, community, and mutual accountability by once a week watching the performance of a seminary-trained entertainer?  

Churches commonly quote Acts 20:7 as a precedent for Church worship.
Acts 20:7
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
But, the whole impression of Acts 20:7 is rather of a family meeting together in a home than of a modern congregation meeting in a church building. Family meaning a group of believers and friends. Christians today (especially Westernized Christians) have lost the sense of the congregation as a real family in YHWH.
There are little or no good churches today. The Rothschilds, Rockefellers and J P Morgan of the illuminati who are Luciferians, worked together with Freemasons and the Unitarian movement, started the Federal Council of Churches in 1908 which became the National council of Churches in 1950 and the World Council of Churches which was founded in 23rd of August 1948, in Amsterdam. The World Council Of Churches will be the one to bring in the One World Church.
Members of the WCC are most of the Protestant churches, the Anglican Communion, Orthodox Churches, Baptists, Old Catholic churches, lots of Lutheran, Methodist, Christians and other reformed, united and independent churches.  All these churches have to preach only what the WCC allows, which consists of a mixture muddied of truth and lies, like new age and occult teachings. Christians should follow scripture by studying in home groups and other places out side the church, much like they did in biblical times. If this had been done correctly, there could not be such a huge infiltration of fasle teaching sweeping Christianity today, and a One World Church would not be possible.                

But the real question is not whether believers should exhort one another daily, but whether it is required of a believers to be involved in a certain kind of meeting, with certain credentialed officers, to expose themselves to a specified ritual of acts which are called "attending church". Is this a scriptural command?

If scripture is studied correctly, it would be easliy seen that going to church is not actually biblical. If you take the Greek term ἐκκλησία, which is transliterated as ecclesia, it means an assembly. Throughout the New Covenant Scriptures it is used for the community of believers, either local or universal. It does not mean a building or any other name that they give to churches today. However, in most of the English translations of the New Testament is translated as church when, church is an incorrect translation. The term ecclesia, appears in the New Testament text 114 times, it means all believers, which is the body of Christ. So-called Pastors saying you need to be a member of a church is incorrect as they miss use the word member as well. Scriptures show in the New Testament, a member is a part of a body (a spiritual part, or spiritual organ) of a spiritual body, the Body of Yeshua Christ.
There are two translations for the word church, it comes from the Anglo-Saxon root, circe. Circe was the goddess-daughter of Helios, another name for the sun-deity. Circe was also originally a Greek goddess whose name was written and pronounced as Kirke. The word church is known in Scotland as Kirk, in Germany as Kirche, and in Netherlands as Kerk.
The English word church as we know it came into use in the Middle Ages. The Wycliffe translation in 1395 used the word church (chirche), but Tyndale 1525 did not. Tyndale properly translated ekklesia as congregation. He used the word church (chirche) only twice, in Acts 14:13 and 19:37, both of them refer to buildings connected to idol-worship as church. 

Acts 14:13

Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and

would have done sacrifice with the people.
Acts 19:37
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
The other is from the Greek kuriakê oikia which means the House of the Lord, meaning a church building. But this was not the house of the Lord Yeshua, it was lord Sol Mithras Deus Invictus this being just another one of the names for the sun-god. Yet another one used in scripture to refer to Baal which literally means Lord. So Mithra, the sun-god, was the lord ( kuriakê oikia) and who worshipped the son-god? The Illuminati. Church is rooted in paganism and is not Biblical.
Before Yeshua died for our sins we could not have the Holy Spirit within us on earth. He sent the Holy Spirit to us afterwards so He would be with us personally to help guide, comfort and convict us. The idea of going to a temple to speak to YHWH is not necessary. He lives within us, our bodies are His temple.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of Elohim, and that the Spirit of Elohim dwelleth in you?
Acts 7 48-49
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith YHWH: or what is the place of my rest?
1 Kings 8:27
But will Elohim indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
We are told to study the word of Elohim, not to just read it blindly. In Churches today people attend yet gain nothing from doing so. We are to have fellowship with other believers so that we can study together, convict each other, praise together, have joint prayer, warfare and friendship. In biblical times this was done outside of church with study groups in homes and other small meeting places. Paul also had many missionary journeys in Asia Minor teaching the message of Elohim following what Yeshua had told him to do. That was to go out and spread the Word the way Yeshua had done. Not in a man-made institute singing songs and paraphrasing scripture loosely.

Christmas a pagan holiday

                    

To understand where Christmas original comes from we have to go back to the biblical time of Nimrod

Nimrod who was descended from one of Noah's sons, Ham. Actually he was Noah’s great-grandson and his father’s name was Cush.

Genesis 10:8-10

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
He was a mighty hunter before YHWH: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

He built up a kingdom Babylon, Nimrod became the most feared man in the land. His power and wealth grew as Babylon grew. He made the laws, and those laws decreed that Babylonians should not look to YHWH as their ruler, but should be ruled by human governments. Nimrod also taught them that Satan should be honored by worshiping objects they could see, like the sun and snakes and other kinds of pagan objects

Romans 1:21-23
Because that, when they knew YHWH, they glorified him not as Elohim, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible YHWH into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

                                                                                      


                                                                                

  

Nimrod was the originator of sun worship and worshiped the pagan sun god named Moloch and was founder of Babylon . This is a Hugh topic but I'll just stick to Christmas.

Nimrod married. The wife Nimrod chose was his mother whose name was Semiramis.  So the “son” became both the husband and son of the mother.  This was the start of the satanic  “trinity” because the “husband” was the same person as the “son” united as “one” with the wife/mother.  So Nimrod married his mother, Semiramis, and she became the Queen of Babylon.  It was Semiramis from which the religion surrounding Nimrod and the planets (astrology) evolved.  Nimrod was killed for his crimes against humanity by the sons of Noah.  His body cut into pieces and distributed all over his kingdom by his enemies.  After Nimrod’s death, Semiramis,  To retain power and to hide her misdeeds, Semiramis makes a most daring claim. She publicly declares that on Nimrod’s death he had been resurrected as the god of the Sun. As the Sun god, Nimrod used his sun rays to miraculously inseminate Semiramis with a child. This so this child was considered to be divinely conceived, she gave birth to a son named Tammuz who she claimed was the reincarnation of Nimrod So through the belief that Tammuz was Nimrod in the flesh" the queen was able to subdue the people of Babylon.  So Tammuz was “Nimrod in the flesh” and “one” with his father who was “one” with his wife/mother through marriage, here you have the unholy concept of a Trinity.

After YHWH confused at the tower of babel the names of Nimrod, Semiramis, and Tammuz were changed and continued to change over time based on culture and language.  Although the names changed, the religion remained exactly the same.  Semiramis, became known as “The Queen of Heaven” among all cultures and worshiped as the primary head of this false religion.  Even the children of Israel fell into the worship of Semiramis, The Queen of Heaven, and YHWH sent them the prophet Jeremiah with the this warning:

                                                           

Jeremiah 44:17-18
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

                                                           


  



How Christmas Was Celebrated Before Yeshua Was Even Born
People were celebrating Christmas, long before the birth of Yeshua. Christmas is the celebration of the time when the days start to lengthen, this in the Northern Hemisphere, is in the middle of winter. Many religions in history have claimed the winter solstice as a holy day. The reason of the season is a combination of different traditions. It includes sun worship and pagan nature religions who have given reverence to the natural cycle for  thousands of years. Christians say, that they started Christmas but we know that is incorrect. Most traditional elements of Christmas predate Christianity. So, Christmas was pagan before it was adopted by Christians.
Most Christmas customs are based on old pagan festivals, the Roman Saturnalia and the Scandinavian and Teutonic Yule.
The Saturnalia 
In the Roman calendar, the Saturnalia was designated a holy day, or holiday, during this period religious rites were performed. Saturn, himself, was identified with Kronos,(Father of the titian's) and sacrificed to according to Greek ritual, with the head uncovered. The Temple of Saturn, the oldest temple recorded by the pontiffs, had been dedicated on the Saturnalia, It was a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between 17-25 December.  During this time, Roman courts were closed, and Roman law dictated that no one could be punished for damaging property or injuring people during the week long celebration. The festival began when Roman authorities chose an enemy of the Roman people to represent the Lord of Misrule.  Each Roman community selected a victim who they forced to indulge in food, drink and sexual activities throughout the week.  When the festival ended  which  was 25th December, Roman authorities believed they were destroying the forces of darkness by brutally murdering the innocent man or woman and haveing a hugh dinner to celebrate the sacrifice, this is where the Christmas dinner comes in.  The ancient Greek writer historian Lucian describes the festival’s observance in his time.  As well as human sacrifice, he mentions other customs, widespread intoxication; going from house to house while singing naked; rape and other sexual activities and eating human-shaped biscuits.
Sun worship formed the basis of.
Mithraism
Roman mystery religion that believed that the Son of the Sun was a savior who was sacrificed for the good of all
Zoroastrianism
An ancient dualistic religion from Iran with one good god Ahura Mazda and one evil one Ahriman and other Roman religions and many other pagan traditions. It is the reason Sun-day is a holy day in many religions, and why major festivals are held at spring and at the Solstices. The real meaning of Christmas is sun worship, a reminder to all life on Earth that they owe everything to the Sun. Sun worship is one of the main pillars of all religion, especially older religions. Sun worshipers and nature religions held major celebrations at the Winter Solstice the victory of the strength of the Sun over the forces of darkness that try to suppress it. Osiris, Dionysus represented and was represented by the sun, and so was Jesus, whom the Church father Clement of Alexander calls The Sun of Righteousness,( this is not our Yeshua). When old relics and religious symbols like Human faces are given a light backdrop of rays of light or a corolla it means they represent the sun. The sun god is Satan himself.



                                

 
The Winter Solstice - Yule Lore
The winter solstice is celebrated at this time in the northern hemisphere but it is now time to celebrate the summer solstice Litha in the southern hemisphere because of the seasonal differences. Yule, is when the dark half of the year leaves for the light half. Starting the next morning at sunrise, the sun climbs just a little higher and stays a little longer in the sky each day. Known as Solstice Night, or the longest night of the year, the sun's rebirth was celebrated with happiness. On this night, they celebrated the rebirth of the Oak King, the Sun King, the Giver of Life that warmed the frozen Earth. From this day onward, the days would become longer. Bonfires were lit in the fields, and crops and trees were wassailed( this is to  awake the Tree Man, the spirit of the tree) with toasts of spiced cider.  Children were escorted from house to house with gifts of clove spiked apples and oranges that they put in baskets of evergreen boughs and wheat stalks dusted with flour. The apples and oranges represented the sun.  The boughs were symbolic of immortality evergreens were sacred to the Celts because they never died so representing the eternal aspect of the Divine. The wheat stalks portrayed the harvest, and the flour was accomplishment of triumph, light, and life. Holly and ivy  decorated the outside, and also the inside of homes, to invite Nature Sprites to come and join the celebration. A sprig of Holly was kept near the door all year long as a constant invitation for good fortune to visit the residents. Mistletoe was also hung as decoration.  It represented the seed of the Divine, and at Midwinter, the Druids would travel deep into the forest to harvest it. The ceremonial Yule log was the highlight of the Solstice festival. In accordance to tradition, the log must either have been harvested from the householder's land, or given as a gift,  it could never be bought. Once placed in the fireplace it was decorated in seasonal greenery, doused with cider or ale, and dusted with flour before set alight by a piece of the last years log, (held onto for this purpose). The log would burn throughout the night, then smolder for 12 days after before being put out. Ash is the traditional wood of the Yule log. It is the sacred world tree of the Teutons, known as Yggdrasil. An herb of the Sun, Ash brings light into the hearth at the Solstice. 
Many customs created around Yule are identified with Christmas today.  If you decorate your home with a Yule tree, holly or candles, you are following some of these old traditions. The Yule log, (today made as a cake) is burned in the fire to symbolize the Newborn Sun/Son.
Deities of Yule:  All Newborn Gods, Sun Gods, Mother Goddesses, and Triple Goddesses. The best known would be the Dagda, and Brighid, the daughter of the Dagda. Brighid taught the smiths the arts of fire tending and the secrets of metal work. Brighid's flame, like the flame of the new light, pierces the darkness of the spirit and mind, and the Dagda's cauldron assures that Nature will always provide for all the children.
Symbolism of Yule:
Rebirth of the Sun, The longest night of the year, The Winter Solstice, Planning for the Future.
Symbols of Yule:
Yule log, or small Yule log with 3 candles, evergreen boughs or wreaths, holly, mistletoe hung in doorways, gold pillar candles, baskets of clove studded fruit, a simmering pot of wassail, Christmas cactus.
Herbs of Yule:
Bayberry, blessed thistle, evergreen, frankincense holly, laurel, mistletoe, oak, pine, sage, yellow cedar.
Foods of Yule:
Cookies and caraway cakes soaked in cider, fruits, nuts, pork dishes, turkey, eggnog, ginger tea, spiced cider, wassail, or lamb's wool (ale, sugar, nutmeg, roasted apples).
Incense of Yule:
Pine, cedar, bayberry, cinnamon.
Colors of Yule:
Red, green, white, silver, yellow, orange.
Stones of Yule:
Rubies, blood stones, garnets, emeralds, diamonds.
Activities of Yule:
Caroling, wassailing the trees, burning the Yule log, decorating the Yule tree, exchanging of presents, kissing under the mistletoe, honoring Kriss Kringle the Germanic Pagan God of Yule
Spell workings of Yule:
Peace, harmony, love, and increased happiness.
Deities of Yule:
Goddesses-Brighid, Isis, Demeter, Gaea, Diana, The Great Mother. Gods-Apollo, Ra, Odin, Lugh, The Oak King, The Horned One, The Green Man, The Divine Child, Mabon.
The Christmas Tree
In ancient times, the goddess Asherah was also known as the Queen of Heaven. She was worshipped by many civilizations in the Middle East. One of the symbols most closely associated with Asherah was a tree. The ancient Canaanites and Phoenicians saw the tree as a symbol of fertility.
The purpose of the fertility tree in ancient times was to display the symbols of fertility.
The pole, balls, and tinsel (phallus, testes, semen) represented various detail, of male fertility, and wreaths were always made in a circle to represent female fertility.
The bible actually doesn't say anything about a Christmas tree, but it does warn YHWH's people against putting up trees like the other pagan nations were doing. 

Jeremiah 10:1-4
Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

December 25th was known as the birthday of the unconquered sun and it was celebrated as the birthday of pagan gods such as Mithras, Attis, Sol, Dionysus, Tammuz and others.
Holly (and ivy)
Decorating with holly (and ivy) is an ancient pagan tradition and was used by the Romans to decorate at Saturnalia celebrations. 
Mistletoe.
Also known as the golden bough, mistletoe was held sacred by the Celtic Druids and the Norseman. Celts believed this parasitic plant held the soul of the host tree, the holy oak. In a special ceremony, the Druid priests would harvest it with a golden sickle making sure it never touched the ground where it's magical powers would be absorbed back into the earth. The branches were then divided and distributed to the people who used it as a protection from all sorts of evils. 
The practice of kissing under the mistletoe has many legends associated with it. Some say the Druids dedicated the plant to the Goddess of Love, and this is where the custom comes from. Others claim it came from England, where mistletoe was hung in doorways for good luck. Since only happiness could pass beneath it, enemies would embrace and seal their peace with a kiss of friendship.  Norse Legend, Frigga, wife of the god Odin, dearly loved her son Balder and to make sure no harm would come to him by earth, fire, water or air. Since mistletoe did not fit into any of these realms, an evil spirit names Loki fashioned an arrow of it and gave it to Balder's blind brother, Holder. Guided by Loki's (Trickster) hand, Holder unknowingly shot his brother in the heart, and killed him. The legend has several outcomes. In one, Balder is brought back to life. In another, He was sent to the Other world with a Viking's funeral, on a burning ship, to await the day when He returns to Earth to usher in a new era. In both cases, Frigga swore that mistletoe would never again cause harm; making it a symbol of love and promising to bestow a kiss on anyone who passed under it.
Lights and Light.
The lights we decorate our homes and trees with during the Holiday season have a long history. Ancient pagans lit bonfires and candles on the winter solstice and the holidays around it to celebrate the return of the light
Gift Giving:
The Romans exchanged gifts at during Saturnalia, including toys and edible treats. 
The word Christmas is a contraction for "Christ's Mass. 
The mass is a man-made Constantine Roman Catholic ceremony where the Messiah is sacrificed over and over again in what is called an unbloody sacrifice. It is taught that the true believer cannot be fully cleansed of his sins unless he partakes of this sacrifice at mass over and over again. This is a complete corruption of the full forgiveness given from YHWH for sincere repentance. It is an abomination of YHWH's commandments against the eating/drinking of blood. This is an act, that resembles cannibalism.
12 Days of Christmas, Solstices, Equinoxes
The 12 days of Christmas that begin on Christmas day and end on January 6. This originally came from the 12 days of Yuletide which began at sunset on December 20, known as Mother Night, and ended on the night of December 31, the Night of the Oak King and the Roman day of Hecate. There is no coincidence that the true Twelfth Night is now celebrated as New Year’s Eve and with the same old revelry as when it was known as Twelfth Night,   It’s interesting that almost every day of the 12 days of Yuletide have some old Pagan commemoration which is celebrated on them.
December 21   Nativity of the Sun God and the God of the waxing year, Horus and loads of others.
December 22  Earth Renewal and Roman Janus Day.
December 23  Fool’s Day when Saturnalia begins, also known as the Roman Larentalia.
December 24  Festival of Light.
December 25 was originally the nativity of Mithras
Mithra or Mitra is worshiped as Itu Mitra-Mitu-Itu in every house of the Hindus in India. Itu derivative of Mitu or Mitra is considered as the Vegetation-deity. This Mithra or Mitra Sun-God is believed to be a Mediator between God and man, between the Sky and the Earth.They say that Mithra or the Sun took birth in the Cave on December 25th.  He traveled far and wide. He has twelve satellites, which are taken as the Sun's disciples, The Sun's great festivals are observed in the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. Christmas and Easter. His symbol is the Lamb. This is also the German Yule Feast of Frau Holle, and some Pagans refer to this as the Festival of the Returning Sun, because this is when the days are first observed as getting longer.
So we need to take heed of what YHWH says in 2 Corinthians 

2 Corinthians  6:14-17
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believe with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of Elohim with idols? for ye are the temple of the living Elohim; as Elohim hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.