The fake war on Christmas starts again....

[Doubting Thomas]

For me Christmas is just a delayed celebration of the solstice. 'Christmas' is just a word. What most people celebrate now in the UK is the true meaning of Christmas. Celebrating the passing of the shortest day, feasting and giving presents.

That's all I celebrate Christmas for.  My wife still believes in the birth of Jesus thing, but we don't go apeshit over it.  Nor, since we've had children, do we go to a 2-hour church service late at night or on Christmas morning.  The kids will be totally cranky during the former, and we don't want to interrupt the kids' enjoyment of Christmas morning with the latter.  This year, we plan to all put on pajamas and enjoy Christmas morning at home with just our little family.  We'll have other Christmas get-togethers with family, but I'm looking forward to Christmas morning just being us.

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Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer such as spruce, pine, or fir or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas. The modern Christmas tree was developed in early modern Germany (where it is today called Weihnachtsbaum or Christbaum) with predecessors that can be traced to the 16th and possibly 15th century, in which devout Christians brought decorated trees into their homes.[1][2] It acquired popularity beyond Germany during the second half of the 19th century, at first among the upper classes

How fucking jesus-y.

I can see why the xmas nazis would be upset, though.

Really when you think about it, it is quite absurd that we should go out, get a tree, bring it into the house, and hang decorations and lights on it for a month.