{"id":32718,"date":"2022-09-10T16:20:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T21:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/few-americans-confident-they-could-tell-biblical-christmas-story\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T16:20:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T21:20:26","slug":"few-americans-confident-they-could-tell-biblical-christmas-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/few-americans-confident-they-could-tell-biblical-christmas-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Few Americans Confident They Could Tell Biblical Christmas Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
Walter Ch\u00e1vez photo – Unsplash <\/p>\n

By Aaron Earls<\/em><\/p>\n

Most people in America may hang Christmas decorations and exchange gifts on December 25, but few say they could give all the details about the biblical Christmas story.<\/p>\n

A Lifeway Research study finds 9 in 10 U.S. adults say they celebrate Christmas, including many non-Christians. Overall, 91% of Americans celebrate the Christmas holiday, unchanged from 2010.<\/p>\n

9 in 10 U.S. adults (91%) say they celebrate Christmas, which is unchanged from 2010, according to Lifeway Research. Click To Tweet <\/p>\n

\u201cAmericans may celebrate the Christmas holiday in many different ways, but very few skip a Christmas celebration completely,\u201d said Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research. \u201cEven many of those who aren\u2019t as familiar with the story of Jesus\u2019 birth find ways to observe the holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Catholics (99%) and Protestants (97%) are most likely to commemorate the day of Jesus\u2019 birth. Still, significant majorities of Americans of other religions (74%) and those with no religious affiliation (82%) also celebrate Christmas. Women (94%) are more likely than men (89%) to observe the holiday.<\/p>\n

Catholics (99%) and Protestants (97%) are most likely to celebrate Christmas, but Americans of other religions (74%) and those with no religious affiliation (82%) are also likely to commemorate the holiday. Click To Tweet <\/p>\n

Geographically, the most Christmas spirit may reside in the Midwest (94%), as residents there are more likely to say they celebrate than those in the Northeast (88%).<\/p>\n

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In a 2018 Lifeway Research study, 65% of Americans said Christmas should be more about Jesus. While 2 in 3 may want more Christ in Christmas, most couldn\u2019t give you all the details of Jesus\u2019 birth story.<\/p>\n

Slightly more than 1 in 5 Americans (22%) say they could accurately tell the Christmas story found in the Bible from memory. A plurality of U.S. adults (31%) say they could tell the story but may miss some details or get others wrong. Another quarter (25%) could only give a quick overview and 17% say they couldn\u2019t tell any of it.<\/p>\n

53% of Americans say they could retell the biblical Christmas story from memory, but only 22% say they could do so accurately, according to Lifeway Research. Click To Tweet <\/p>\n

\u201cWhile fictional Christmas stories seem to multiply each year, the biblical account of Jesus Christ\u2019s birth is unchanged since it was recorded in the Bible,\u201d said McConnell. \u201cYet almost half of Americans do not think they could share the Christmas story somewhat accurately from memory. Of all the Christmas programs churches offer in December, possibly the most important is simply reading the biblical account of the Christmas story itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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More church means more Christmas story recollection among self-identified Christians. Those who attend a worship service four times a month or more (45%) or 1 to 3 times a month (24%) are more likely than Christians who attend less than once a month (13%) to say they could tell all the biblical story accurately.<\/p>\n

More education also grants more Christmas confidence. Americans with a graduate degree (35%) or bachelor\u2019s degree (26%) are more likely than those with some college (19%) or a high school diploma or less (18%) to say they could relay the complete story.<\/p>\n

"Of all the Christmas programs churches offer in December, possibly the most important is simply reading the biblical account of the Christmas story itself.\u201d \u2014 @smcconn Click To Tweet <\/p>\n

Americans with evangelical beliefs are three times as likely as those without such beliefs to say they could accurately tell the full biblical Christmas story from memory (46% to 15%).<\/p>\n

The religiously unaffiliated are least confident in their recollection of the story. Only 1 in 10 (10%) say they could retell the whole Christmas story from the Bible, fewer than any other religious demographic.<\/p>\n

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Aaron Earls<\/h2>\n

@WardrobeDoor<\/p>\n

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Aaron is a writer for LifewayResearch.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n