Screenwriter needs Atheist insight

[Heir Apparent]

Hello all,

1) What is the general feeling towards the Holiday by you as an atheist?
2) What are your feelings towards the display of Christmas lights on houses?
3) What are your feelings about Christmas displays in stores?
4) What are your feelings about the mad dash for gifts?
5) What are your feelings about it being a federally recognized holiday?
6) What are your feelings about people telling their children that Santa is real?
7) What are your feelings towards Carolers or Christmas music on the radio?
8) What are your feelings about how non-atheists perceive atheists?
9) Do you as an atheist celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah?
10) What are your feelings towards the Christmas people who start decorating their house before Halloween?
11) If you could ask those that celebrate Christmas to change one thing (or several things) about it - what would it (they) be?
12) At what point in your life did you realize you were an atheist?
13) Did you ever have a "coming out" moment as an atheist? How was it received?
14) As an atheist, what is your goal or intention about informing others that disagree with you about your stance?
15) If you do not celebrate Christmas - do you do anything in particular on Christmas day to celebrate anything at all? Family? A nice dinner with a loved one?

Hey Woj, I'm a fan already, and you've come to the right place for this. Personally my whole opinion on Christmas can be summed up as "indifferent, but I like the spirit of the holiday."

1. Indifferent, as I said.

2. Also indifferent. Hell, I usually do so myself. Some people can be super creative with lights, so I like checking them out when the season rolls around.

3. Stores are private property, so it's their thing. Government property, not so much.

4. I enjoy gift giving, but I laugh at the people who rush to get them. Amazon.com, folks. Don't even need to leave the house or try to hide them

5. That's a tough one for me. On one hand you have other religion's holidays recognized, but not in equal shares I feel. Being a "Christian nation" l suppose that'll happen, but I could live without it being so revered.

6. I'm all for it. Why not? The difference between Santa and god is that we tell our kids Santa isn't real after some time. I think it's harmless.

7. Being I work in a place that has Christmas music starting literally the day after Thanksgiving till New Years, I get really tired of it. But I enjoy the season and it's sounds so it doesn't bother me.

8. They have all the wrong ideas about us, trust me on that. The stereotypes range from believing something comes from nothing to having kids with mutiple partners (I've seen this said for real) just because we're godless. It's really rather tiring.

9. I partake in the usual Christmas gift swapping and dinner, but that's it.

10. I just shake my head and laugh. Seriously, there are people around here that have them up year round, but I'm in northeast PA so it's probably laziness.

11. Can't really think of anything off the top of my head. Stop waiting so long to get gifts and stop putting Christmas lights up in October maybe

12. Throughout high school I doubted very much, and always dismissed theists as crazy. My breakthrough moment was when I stumbled across a video of Matt Dilahunty utterly destroying every common theist argument l had heard. I started doing some serious research, and came to my own conclussion.

13. Not really. My parents aren't really believers, and almost everyone I work with shares my beliefs.

14. My hope, along with almost every other atheist, is to wake people up, see rationally and logically that their god(s) and holy book(s) are crap, made up by wandering desert tribes that has sadly taken strong roots in the world. I would personally add that I would love to see superstition and ignorance outted, so the human race can advance. Nothing stops advancement like religion.

15. As stated, gift swapping and dinner.

Good luck, glad to have you stop by.