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Can You Celebrate Xmas Despite its Religious Connotations?

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Can You Celebrate Xmas Despite its Religious Connotations?
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RE: Can You Celebrate Xmas Despite its Religious Connotations?
December 22, 2016 at 11:55 pm
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RE: Can You Celebrate Xmas Despite its Religious Connotations?
December 23, 2016 at 4:10 pm
(December 22, 2016 at 8:13 pm)Minimalist Wrote: "Five Per-vert Priests............"

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The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.

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RE: Can You Celebrate Xmas Despite its Religious Connotations?
December 23, 2016 at 5:37 pm
I'm an introvert and I celebrate Xmas cuz of nostalgia, food, rum and PRESENTS.
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RE: Can You Celebrate Xmas Despite its Religious Connotations?
December 24, 2016 at 1:15 am
If Christians have no problem with the Pagan connotations of Christmas, why should I?

Growing up Christmas was fairly religious. And sometimes the religious aspects of it bother me. (My father-in-law insists everyone say "Happy Birthday Jesus" which just makes me facepalm. of course this is the man who once got upset for people saying HAPPY Christmas. Not Happy Holidays, but Happy CHristmas, because it left out Merry). Of course there were also secular parts that were enjoyable, and those are the traditions I still enjoy.

Things like:
-Making candy
-Having family over (It's a good time to have people visit)
-Watching my kids unwrap their gifts (the look on their faces is always worth it)
-Trying to guess what's in each package (my husband isn't a great wrapper-but he's good at disguising gifts)
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