For those who are not christian do you still celebrate christmas?

[Xanikk999]

I know i do. But more for the idea of giving and recieving gifts.

I always thought the funny thing about christmas is people of all different faiths celebrate it in the U.S. It is most peoples favorite holiday over here.
Heck the kids get gifts and no school. And the adults get a day off for relaxation and a nice dinner.

Is it that atheists and religions other then christianity like the idea of christmas so much they celebrate it anyway?

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

I celebrate all kinds of pagan celebrations, including Christmas. I attach no religious significance to them, but the winter solstice seems as good a time as any to celebrate life.

 

[blackheart]

Yes, getting gifts is always a cause for celebration

 

[eyrei]

My family celebrates Christmas as a reason to get together, get drunk, eat lots of good food, and sing really easy songs.

 

[Cuivienen]

Of course. What's winter without a party? Commercial Christmas is one of the best holiday concepts in existence.

 

[Sahkuhnder]

Yes, we celebrate Christmas and other pseudo-religious holidays like halloween too.

We simply don't add the religious element but instead focus on just having a good time.

 

[Phlegmak]

Not a Christian. Don't celebrate Christmas.

 

[Bluemofia]

Celebrate Christmas for the gifts.

 

[Ramius75]

Ya, in fact, i celebrate all national holidays. be it Buddhism, Muslim, Hindu, Christian. anything. its a good excuse to party arty:

 

[skadistic]

No I don't and I'm atheist. I do the dinner with family thing but mostly for the free food. I don't give gifts and the family is finaly starting to get the idea that I don't want anything from them.

 

[BasketCase]

I'm an atheist, and I have no problem with Christmas. That flap about people trying to change it to "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" in order to get rid of the quasi-religious connotations was just ridiculous.

 

[famouswrestler]

definitely, many of my friends are not christian and they celebrate christmas!

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

I would like to offer a Christian perspective (note well, not the Christian perspective). And that is that I am always glad to see non-Christians celebrating Christmas. I try to celebrate the birth (and life, and death) of Jesus year-round by following him. To have one day a year where everyone tries to show goodwill*, and where our culture has certain accepted traditions, is fine by me. Christmas as I understand it is a cultural holiday with both Christian and pagan roots. That's ok.

*I am not implying that non-Christians are less likely to show goodwill to everyone year-round, but at Christmas it is something everyone emphasizes.

 

[kingjoshi]

I don't celebrate Christmas. nor birthdays or whatever. I don't like to set dates on celebrations. I do it when I feel like it

 

[Hotpoint]

Having non-Christians "celebrate" Christmas isn't really much stranger than Christians actually doing so on December 25th given that it was a day of feast and celebration before Christianity came along.

It seems likely that Christians simply adopted the Roman Winter Solstice (Feast of Sol Invictus) in much the same way as they adopted Sunday as the sabbath from Pagans rather than kept Saturday.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Having non-Christians "celebrate" Christmas isn't really much stranger than Christians actually doing so on December 25th given that it was a day of feast and celebration before Christianity came along.

It seems likely that Christians simply adopted the Roman Winter Solstice (Feast of Sol Invictus) in much the same way as they adopted Sunday as the sabbath from Pagans rather than kept Saturday.

No, adopting Sunday as the sabbath was a way of commemorating the Resurrection, at least according to Acts. Do you know differently? (It's a serious question, I'm not trying to be contentious).

 

[CaptainF]

Yes, my family does.

My family is non-christian, or rather, my family is also non-religious in general, but my parents were both raised in devout christian households, and though they have abandoned their faith, that tradition still holds.

 

[A'AbarachAmadan]

I celebrate all kinds of pagan celebrations, including Christmas. I attach no religious significance to them, but the winter solstice seems as good a time as any to celebrate life.

Totally concur. Christmas, Halloween, etc. I think the only 'holiday' I treat with any reverence is Memorial Day.

 

[MjM]

Double Thread.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=142900&highlight=Christmas

 

[HawkeyeGS]

Well I am not overly religious but my family is so hence we celebrate Christmas. I would celebrate it if I was on my own or only had fellow agnostic family/friends. This is because the religious element aside Christmas is still a good time and a good excuse to get together with family, give gifts to each other. All that stuff that the bible says to do every day but Christians conceded to one day a year.