The one thing the Israelites and the whole human race was waiting for, the coming of the savior of the world.
Don't you dare try to memoralize that !!!
Yes, they were waiting for that, and he came. And it would have been a great time to rejoice on his arrival/being born. But his being born was not what saves, it is his death that does. He had to be born in order to be alive to be put to death. Jesus put the emphasis on memorializing his death not his birth.
Is there anything in the Bible of Joseph and Mary celebrating Jesus' birth yearly?
How many things in your life do you practice that are not specifically commanded in the Bible?
In other words, do you place the same restrictions on yourself that you place on others?
Do you even know what you are talking about. We are not talking about ourselves or others. We are talking about Jesus and ourselves. If the Bible is the word of God and he had it written for us to come to know him, etc. through the Bible, then the restrictions (as you call them) would be determined by what is or not written in the Bible.
Let me ask you this...do you celebrate Halloween? If not, why?