Anyone practicing Christmas??

[travaldinho]

We recently hosted Tom Flynn at Oregon State who gave his lecture "The Trouble With Christmas" and encouraged atheists to not only refrain from celebrating Christmas, but also every other pagan ritual that occurs at the same time, like winter solstice. I would recommend everyone here read his book by the same title as his lecture. Although I agreed with all of points and I would want to stop celebrating the holiday, the implications of doing so far outweigh my perceived hypocrisy. Neither my girlfriends family nor my family could possible understand why I wouldn't want to fly around the world to visit them during this time of year. I will continue to celebrate the holiday for the appeasement of those I care about. When I have true freedom of choice then I will revisit the issue.