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Poll for atheists - Do you still celebrate Christmas and why?

Poll: Do you still celebrate Christmas as an atheist?
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Poll for atheists - Do you still celebrate Christmas and why?
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#31
RE: Poll for atheists - Do you still celebrate Christmas and why?
November 20, 2015 at 7:43 pm
I've noticed a lot of comments here about time spent with family over Christmas. I was going to wait a little longer into the season to post this, but it seems apropos:





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RE: Poll for atheists - Do you still celebrate Christmas and why?
November 20, 2015 at 8:18 pm
This question always amuses me.

9/10ths of what Christians do on Christmas centers around family, friends, food, and the giving of gifts. How do atheists handle Christmas? By ignoring the other 1/10th that Christians partake in.

Oooooh, aaaahhhhh, minds blown.
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#33
RE: Poll for atheists - Do you still celebrate Christmas and why?
November 20, 2015 at 10:36 pm
Christmas doesn't even have to be about Jesus. Jesus doesn't really get mentioned in mainstream culture. You just have santa, a tree, presents, family time. It's a really neat holiday, I wouldn't trade that away just because I'm an atheist.
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#34
RE: Poll for atheists - Do you still celebrate Christmas and why?
November 21, 2015 at 12:51 am
(November 20, 2015 at 10:36 pm)DespondentFishdeathMasochismo Wrote: Christmas doesn't even have to be about Jesus. Jesus doesn't really get mentioned in mainstream culture. You just have santa, a tree, presents, family time. It's a really neat holiday, I wouldn't trade that away just because I'm an atheist.

lol because christ was never  apart of christmas from the get go xD
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RE: Poll for atheists - Do you still celebrate Christmas and why?
November 21, 2015 at 2:51 am
Of course.  Christmas has been a secular holiday forever.  It has nothing to do with religion.  Christmas trees, presents, mistletoe, reindeer, none of those things are religious.  Why wouldn't you celebrate it?
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#36
RE: Poll for atheists - Do you still celebrate Christmas and why?
November 21, 2015 at 6:10 am
(November 21, 2015 at 12:51 am)dyresand Wrote:
(November 20, 2015 at 10:36 pm)DespondentFishdeathMasochismo Wrote: Christmas doesn't even have to be about Jesus. Jesus doesn't really get mentioned in mainstream culture. You just have santa, a tree, presents, family time. It's a really neat holiday, I wouldn't trade that away just because I'm an atheist.

lol because christ was never  apart of christmas from the get go xD

Well there you go. I wasn't really aware of the history of christmas, but I think I heard it was some sort of pagan holiday. I have no idea, either way it's like - there you go.
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RE: Poll for atheists - Do you still celebrate Christmas and why?
November 21, 2015 at 6:28 am
Yep, fun little day with the family.
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RE: Poll for atheists - Do you still celebrate Christmas and why?
November 21, 2015 at 11:33 am
Four of my five kids (all atheists) celebrate Christmas. I have two granddaughters who were born on Christmas, so one year most of us had to celebrate a couple of days later so my daughter-in-law could get out of the hospital.

The other one is a fucking elitist. He's the most 'christian' Atheist I know. And by that I mean he thinks everything should be done his way. You know how some Christians get pissed when people don't say Merry Christmas, yeah well he gets pissed when people do. I haven't spoken to him in four years.
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RE: Poll for atheists - Do you still celebrate Christmas and why?
November 29, 2015 at 12:52 pm
I think that celebrating Christmas in the UK has gone the wrong way for too long.

I do not like having Christmas Day as the day for preparing the massive meal for the family, and I don't like having the present opening in the morning of Christmas Day.

Christmas Eve should be the day for eating as the family are arriving, and after having eaten, everyone should open their presents before going to bed.

In this way, Christmas Day is lovely, relaxing, and loving day for everybody in the family. There is no pressure for anybody getting up early to open presents and preparing food that everyone is anticipating.
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RE: Poll for atheists - Do you still celebrate Christmas and why?
November 29, 2015 at 1:04 pm
I read that title as "do you celebrate dead celebrities?" and I was about to say yes.
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