I don't understand why non-christians celebrate christmas. Its a Christian Holiday. Do you see me celebrating the chinese new year!!
2006-12-05 08:57:40 · 18 answers · asked by Mikey Boy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Well, as a Pagan I can honestly say I celebrate Christmas and Yule. My husband is Christian and so is all of our family. To respect their vaules and religion I celebrate with them. Our children go see Santa Claus and we do all the normal things most people do for Christmas. We also celebrate Yule at our house. We all get to open one gift each and we have a big dinner. We read stories and pray. We make popcorn strings for the birds to eat too. With little kids you can't do much activity wise, plus our son has Autism, so it's even harder. But we celebreate both because we believe in both and respect each other.
P.S. You don't get out of school 2 weeks because you are Christian. Everyone gets out of school to celebrate THEIR holidays, not just Christmas, with their families.
2006-12-05 09:17:00 · answer #1 · answered by twogingerkisses 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you're right about Christmas. However Christians celebrate Halloween which is not a Christian holiday and means the day of the dead. Halloween is a day that was believed that all the dead people would come back to life as ghost and goblins and ghouls and steal people's souls which is why everybody started dressing up to blend in so the dead people couldn't see them. They also decorated their houses for the same reasons. Why do Christians celebrate Halloween again? Christmas is suppose to be a celebration of Jesus Christ but it been changed so much that that's not even what people are truly celebrating anymore. Now it's about gifts,Santa, food, cards, money, parties, fancy clothes, shopping, fancy decorations, friends and family. Oh did I say church? That's not the focus anymore and that's sad. Jesus was born in a manger which means the first Christmas wasn't about money and material things it was about Jesus.
2006-12-05 09:11:52 · answer #2 · answered by Angelica 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, dude, but it's a sociological fact that culture (including languages, holidays, customs, and food) can be adopted and re-interpreted by anyone. I know many people that feel that Christmas is as much as American holiday (featuring Santa Claus, trees, and mass commercialism) as a Christian holiday (featuring nativity scenes and extra church attendance). Everyone is free to interpret and include what works for them - would you really deny the joy of the holiday to someone just because they don't celebrate *your* way?
And why DON'T you celebrate Chinese New Year? Why should the fact of not being born Chinese stop you? It's a great holiday. Get out there and learn a little about it, share in the celebration. Honor what is important to other people... because deep down it is the same as what you would honor in yourself. Try focusing more on ways to INCLUDE people, instead of exclude them - to me, that would seem to be the more "Christian" thing to do.
2006-12-05 09:06:21 · answer #3 · answered by teresathegreat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Santa Claus hides the Christian part of the holiday--it makes it all fun without religion. If you are just doing the normal traditions, it's not Christian at all. But, if you go to the Bible and put out nativity scenes, you can say that it is really a religious holiday.
2006-12-05 09:01:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it has lost so much of its religious meaning. Nowadays, Christmas is a very commercial holiday. The focus is most often more on Santa, reindeer, presents, and pretty trees and lights, rather than about discussing the story of Jesus.
Also because it's a national holiday, so of course you celebrate when you get time off from work or school!
2006-12-05 09:03:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They probably celebrate the whole Santa Claus part of Christmas, but they don't celebrate Jesus being born or any of the biblical parts(the actual reason Christmas exists)
2006-12-05 09:01:19 · answer #6 · answered by ahsgurlie_13 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
non-Christians probably celebrate Christmas for the same reason that all christian that celebrate it just for the receiving and have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas.
2006-12-05 09:08:13 · answer #7 · answered by Chris S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it's fun and because Christmas was originally Yule and Saturnalia, two ancient pagan celebrations that the Christians "borrowed" in order to persuade potential converts that they didn't have to give up their winter partytime to follow Jesus.
2006-12-05 09:05:21 · answer #8 · answered by triviatm 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Christmas has become commercial and not the religious holiday it is supposed to be. Why should they give up the presents and time off work or overtime?
2006-12-05 09:06:56 · answer #9 · answered by parsonsel 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-18 08:00:00 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋