Personally, I think everyone has a right to celebrate Christmas if they so choose, regardless of their religious beliefs or lack thereof. Lots of people celebrate it every year with no religious involvement, so why should that be changed? And why does it even matter what anyone else does? No one is hurting anyone else with their rituals and traditions.
2006-12-04 04:26:22 · 16 answers · asked by Cinnamon 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Christmas is for everyone in the whole world. It does not matter what religious belief you have. It has always been for everyone.
2006-12-04 07:52:00 · answer #1 · answered by justmmez 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I truly believe that there are two Christmas' that are celebrated each year. One is the Christian Christmas, which I believe in, that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ and the Church. But there is also the American Christmas which involves the tradition of Santa Clause and gift giving.
I don't see anything wrong with celebrating one side of Christmas or both sides of Christmas. It is an American cultural tradition (we have so few :) and it is a religious tradition. The fact that they are celebrated at the same time is irrelevent. Both sould be honored and treasured for their seperate, but great impacts on society.
2006-12-04 13:20:41 · answer #2 · answered by Sweet Susie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Religious or not it is a wonderful time and everyone should have a chance to enjoy the good spirit.
I was raised Christian, and told at a very young age that there was no Santa (I still resent my mom for it, lol) yet I love Christmas for the chance to give and celebrate, not just a a religious holiday. I am not religious anymore anyway.
It is a great day because we celebrate the birthday of someone who preached love, generosity, and kindness, so god or no god, the message is the same.
and don't forget about "Chris Kringle"
2006-12-04 12:46:35 · answer #3 · answered by crct2004 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree 100%. Christmas has turned secular for many for this reason. I mean doesn't almost everyone like all the festivities? People should celebrate the way that see fit and mind their own business about how others celebrate.
2006-12-04 12:49:05 · answer #4 · answered by KathyS 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is widely recognized around the world yet celebrated differently in other countries. Here is a link that explains how a large variety of countries celebrate the joyous holiday.
http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm
Merry Christmas!
2006-12-04 13:10:44 · answer #5 · answered by BookLovr5 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, because Xmas has turned into a magical, non religious festival, then anyone CAN celebrate it, only because it has become so commercial, but if you really think about it, does everyone celebrate Ramadan and Id/ Hanakkah/ Passover/ Palm Sunday? No, those remained religious holidays and are only celebrated by those who believe in them...so why do all these people who dont believe in Jesus want to celebrate his birthday, although Dec 25 isnt the real date of his birthday, Christians should celebrate Xmas on January 7th, like the Orthodox if they want it to remain a religous holiday (thats the real birthday of Jesus) and to seperate themselves from the Paganism of Dec 25!
2006-12-04 13:06:15 · answer #6 · answered by JB 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Christmas has become the celebration of commercialism. If you want to go ahead and celebrate that, go ahead, get your credit card out and knock yourself out.
I agree that everyone has the right to celebrate whatever they like as long as it doesn't hurt others. I'm not Chinese, but when I've been down to Soho to celebrate Chinese New Year, no one complained. And I've even celebrated Passover in the my local Anglican church. We can enrich our lives by learning about and sometimes getting involved in other religious holidays and other culture's celebrations.
Unfortunately, the experience of Christmas seems to teach people little else but glutony and greediness. Most people make no effort at all to learn about what it means. I guarantee you'll hear plenty of daft comments like "Christmas is all about the kids" and the like. It is only sprinkled with some token gestures towards charity - maybe helping out the poor a bit - feed them for one day of the year. Most will only be involved in as far as watching someone like Noel Edmonds cheering up some terminally ill kids on their new 42" plasma tvs in the comfort of their own warm, bulging with gifts, overloaded with food and drink home.
Merry Christmas
2006-12-04 12:58:34 · answer #7 · answered by pokerplayeral 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Much debate over if the holiday is pagan or whether or not Jesus was born that day. Its really quite involved, but if you are under the premise the holiday was created to celebrate Christ birth then if you take Christ out of christmas there would really be no reason to celebrate it and it would then be reduced down to a time of gift giving for no apparent reason. Doing good is always better than doing evil, so if it has to be in relation to a holiday then so be it. Christians celebrate it for one reason and others for another. To each his own. I find it interesting that when Christians do something like this its automatically rejected in many cases but if some celebrate a day like halloween no one questions why we promote monsters and evil tricks.
2006-12-04 12:38:52 · answer #8 · answered by mzladygrace 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Cinnamon, I agree with you. Any celebration and excuse for helping others and giving and receiving of love and joy can't be bad for anything. if everyone celebrated more and fought less the world would be so much more safe and happy. People need to lighten up.
2006-12-04 12:38:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Peace on Earth.
Christmas may came from pagan holiday and now it wrapped by commercial purposes then spiritual.
But the message is clear, let there'll be peace on earth.
So what's wrong with non-christian celebrate Christmas? none
2006-12-04 12:38:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋