digitalMedia

I celebrate holidays! I enjoy cooking and on those days I like making the big meals for the whole family.

The Christian aspects bother me not. I don't feel the need to be confrontational at all. I think when folks do that, they're only displaying weaknesses in their own philisophical systems.

I do enjoy the holier-than-thou looks I get from my wife's family when I pour myself a big ol' Jack and water in the middle of the day, though.

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El_Mariachi64

I celebrate it simply 'cuz its an excuse to give (and receive ) gifts. I don't care about Jesus. Come on, if people really cared, they would have nativity scenes everywhere, but they don't.

If your a cynic, its about capitalism.

If your an optimist, its about showing those around you how much you care for them, by showering them with stuff, but preferably love and affection too.

Ultimately, celebrate simply 'cuz you got the day off!

That's what I do.

Probability_Amplitude

I'm not a christian.

I've never been a christian.

But christmas represents a time to be with family and friends. It's a secular, western holiday more than a christian one methinks.

Also, Eid (the muslim holiday) has fallen near christmas during the past decade

I used to give my christian friends presents in christmas and they would do the same at eid. It was cool

I miss school

/end random moment of nostalgia.

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El_Mariachi64

see? even muslims "celebrate" christmass. Join the fun! who cares about the religious aspect? Most people don't even care, honestly

hell_raiser195

I am a complete athiest
I celebrate christmas
i celebrate easter
I celebrate these things because they are not Christian celebrations
They are pagan
I am not pagan
I celebrate these because many years ago when most people in my country were pagan everybody celebrated them
Christmas goes back even further than Christianity and comes from a Roman festival which celebrated winter.
Easter was celebrated in my country by everyone.
It was a celebration to welcome the spring.
Both of these celebrations went by different names, but neither were Christian until the Church took them over.
Therefore I celebrate these festivals, but I dont celebrate them for Christian reasons

Geshtinnanna

Let's be honest here. We celebrate any day they give us off regardless of our religion. All that other stuff doesn't really matter

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Hereticxxii

I have been thinking about this lately. Hasnt Christmas really gotten to the point where Christians can really claim it as their own? What I mean to point out is that, especially in America, it really is a celibration of buying stuff... and lots of it. I think it has taken on a life as its own as many companies do somthing like +25% of thier business during Christmas time.

I recieve quite a bitter view of Christmas while working retail and i have become convinced that it has more to do with driving sales than any religious function. In either aspect I have never been able to get behind X-mas but I do like the lights.

Another important thing that has embittered me towards holidays is that they are not for poor people. How many of us have had to work on a holiday only to keep the store open for people who do have the day off? I for one stay in on a holiday and try not to even buy gas.

AB517

Pretty good stuff here.

Ingnore yourself ... think of others

Thats the meaning.

Good answers guys

Buddha

A put up a christmas tree last night. More like a palm tree than a pine tree though. Roomate thought it was cute.

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hell_raiser195

wow! already?? you must really love christmas

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