2006-12-05 12:35:01 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
hehe
one word
presents
i know, that sounds awful..but that's the plain truth
i celebrate xmas, and i'm not christian, it's just because my parents always celebrated it when i was a child, to invoke "holiday spirit", and so that i could feel special, getting gifts from santa and all....we didn't celebrate the religious part to it
2006-12-05 12:38:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Not again. The 4th time this question has been asked today. I suppose its inevitable given that we're closer to Christmas.
A copy and paste of an old answer I made for you.
Do you really think that Atheists and non-Christians celebrate Christmas? Or could it be that they're celebrating having one day a year with ALL their family because everyone has the day off, they get to eat great food, and open presents? Or maybe it's because Christmas falls only three days after Yule which many Pagans celebrate with family, good food, and opening presents and have for millenia longer than Christianity has been in existance?
That couldn't be a possibility, could it?
I think the question is, why do Christians celebrate Christmas at the same time as Yule when Christ wasn't even born in December?
2006-12-05 12:44:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever heard the quote "don't throw stones if you live in a glass house"?
Nonchristians celebrate christmas for the same reason christians celebrate a whole handful of pagan holidays- easter, christmas, halloween. You are calling non-christians sheep, but your religion borrowed holidays from another and just made up a new story about it. At least, many non-christians don't make up a story, unless you count Santa Claus, but no one over nine years old believes that (unlike the jesus story). They just celebrate at those times because that is a time when most people get wor/school off and there are a lot of great sales. You don't have to prove you are christian to benefit from those things.
Why are you so worried about what other people do, anyway? Mind your own business and enjoy your holiday.
2006-12-05 12:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by the guru 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yule was the winter solstice celebration of the Germanic pagans. In Germanic Neopaganism, this celebration is largely reconstructed to various extents by various groups. In Wicca, a form of the holiday is observed as one of the eight solar holidays, or sabbats, where Yule is celebrated on the winter solstice: in the northern hemisphere, circa December 21, and in the southern hemisphere, circa June 21.
"Yule" and "Yuletide" are also archaic terms for Christmas, sometimes invoked in songs to provide atmosphere. Indeed, this is the only meaning of "Yule" accepted by either the full Oxford English Dictionary or the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and people unfamiliar with ancient pagan traditions will not distinguish between Yule and Christmas. This usage survives in the term "Yule log"; it may also persist in some Scottish dialects.
So it makes you ask...Are christians just sheep....
2006-12-05 12:40:04 · answer #4 · answered by A Lady Dragon 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In countries like Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand where the community is a good blend of various cultures and religion, the people celebrate these festivals as a community celebration and not a religious celebration.
It promotes racial and cultural harmony, and brings the community together... bottom line is it is also fun to have carols, yummy food delights and getogether with old friends. Most importantly... for me at least.... I am just a greedy vulture circling around for "PRESENTS".
2006-12-05 12:40:10 · answer #5 · answered by Jampa G 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Are we talking about how many non-christians celebrate Christmas as the birth of Christ or non-christians using it as a time to be with there families?
2006-12-05 12:38:29 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Hex Vision 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Actually its a pagan holiday brought into Christianity when the Romans came in with their pagan gods (which were renamed saints) and pagan feasts, ie Dec 25 was winter faire.
Jesus was born during the Jewish festival of booths, A festival of joy...plenty of bible evidence. Born in late september or early october. If you want it email me.
I think anyone can celebrate it...its more about family than anything. It sure isnt about Jesus. You can praise Him on Dec. 25th. You can praise Him anyday. But that is not His birthday.
Before you do this at easter......its pagan too..Ishtar.
Blessings, brother
David
2006-12-05 12:38:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
You might want to read up on the origins of Christmas before you start running around, accusing people of stealing holidays.
Blessed Be
2006-12-05 12:45:29 · answer #8 · answered by Celestian Vega 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because Christmas is a hodgepodge of Pagan traditions and customs.
because it is a fun holiday to celebrate even if you do not believe in Jesus Christ as a savior.
because it gives me an excuese to take off work and visit my family.
it gives me an excuese to give my parents (that never want anything) a small gift just because i can.
and while we are at it. because this is a free country and if we want to celebrate christmas or the winter solstice or kwanza or if we just feel like dancing naked in the snow we can do that just because we can.
2006-12-05 12:41:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Uh, because the holiday is a family tradition for us and not based on religion.
We don't do it the same, so what if we call it the same, it's only a word. And the parts that we do the same aren't even Christian traditions to begin with.
2006-12-05 12:54:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas has become equally a social and economic holiday as well the celebration of Christ's birth.
2006-12-05 12:38:11 · answer #11 · answered by Shogun 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋