Do YOU celebrate Christmas? to Athiests, Agnostics,?

Question

Wiccans, and the like?

Me, Agnostic, I celebrate christmas because it's a time to be with family, and the oppurtunity to give and not expect a thank you.

Now tell me, do YOU personally, celebrate Christmas? Easter?
or any other religious holidays that are widely and very commonly celebrated where youa re living?

I'm sorry to disappoint you Dell, with my lack of originality...

(sarcasm)

Answer 1

I am so anti Christmas/Easter. My husband is agnostic and he is very into them as times of family and celebration. Its really frustrating. We agree he can celebrate these with no Santa Claus, no Easter bunny, or Easter eggs. but he does get a stupid Christmas tree.
Jesus wasn't born on Dec 25, and Easter is a dis to Jesus' Crucifixion. I'd rather celebrate passover and the last supper. and that's it.

Answer 2

Yes. I celebrate all holidays that are widely celebrated in America. I don't really concern myself with the reason for them. It's traditional to celebrate Christmas, or Hanukah, or Kwanzaa. I was raised with Christmas so it's just a holiday that my family celebrates, myself included.

I don't celebrate Easter, personally. When I was little we did, you know with Easter egg hunts and what not. Now we don't.

I celebrate Halloween too, though, despite the fact that some people argue it's the devil's holiday. Who cares? It's supposed to be fun. How many people actually give a crap where it came from? Not many that I know.

Good question, by the way.

Answer 3

Christmas is nothing to do with either Christianity or Islam but it does have it's origins in the midwinter festival and many other basically pagan rites but since much of it is a celebration of nature rather than religion everyone should be able to enjoy it and be happy together despite religion! The ancient European pagans celebrated the midwinter festival and a number of other festivals long before Christianity ever existed! Babylonians celebrated the feast of the Son of Isis with gluttonous eating and drinking, and gift giving and the goddess of fertility, love, and war. The Romans held a festival on 25 December called “Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, celebrating their own god Sol Invictas – PAGAN! The Persian god Mithras, the Syrian sun god Elah Gabal, the German Sol, the Greek Helios and the Mesopotamian Shamash. But also Saturnalia, honouring Saturn, the God of Agriculture. The law courts and schools were closed. No public business could be transacted an this is where the holidays originated - ALL PAGAN! Wax tapers were given by the more humble to their superiors. The origin of the Christmas candle - PAGAN! In Rome groups of costumed went from house to house entertaining their people. And this was where the carolling Christmas tradition originated PAGAN! Statues of the Mother and lover or Mother and son were paraded through the streets not only in Italy but also in Africa, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Bulgaria. Thus, the symbolism of the Heavenly Virgin and the infant child paraded on a yearly basis are not of Christian origin. They stem from the Mother-goddess religion, which is very ancient ENTIRELY PAGAN! Scandinavian countries celebrated Yule honouring Thor – PAGAN! In Germania (not Germany) they celebrated midwinter night followed by 12 wild nights of eating and drinking. The 12 days of Christmas PAGAN! The church under Pope Julius I declared that Christ’s birth would be celebrated on December 25 in 350 AD in order to try to hijack the PAGAN festivals but it was largely ignored. Christians did not really celebrate Christmas until 378 but it was then dropped in 381 and not resurrected until 400. The Christmas tree stems from pagan tradition and ritual surrounding the Winter Solstice, which included the use of holly boughs ivy and other foliage as an adaptation of pagan tree worship. Holly and ivy represented male and female. Mistletoe was considered a sacred plant, and the custom of kissing under the mistletoe began as a fertility ritual - all PAGAN! Santa Claus came from the Dutch “Sinterklaas” and was a tall figure riding a white horse through the air and usually accompanied by Black Peter, an elf who punished disobedient children. Also the origin of the reindeer, sleigh and the elves ALL PAGAN! The modern red coated Santa was brought about by coca cola! AMERICA ACTUALLY BANNED CHRISTMAS several times and is the originator of the expression “Happy Holidays” which came about because of the pagan origins of Christmas to include all religions and traditions! The Venerable Bede, an early Christian writer pointed out that the Christian church absorbed Pagan practices when it found the population unwilling to give up the festivals. Thus a lot of what Christians now see as Christians practices are in fact pagan! Christmas is the time of year christians strive to prove just how pagan they have become

Answer 4

My family gets together on Christmas, exchanges gifts, and eats dinner. Since moving out on my own, I do not even own a Christmas tree. If it wasn't for my family, I wouldn't observe it at all. I stopped celebrating Easter as a teenager. The only holidays I still enjoy are Thanksgiving, Halloween, and New Years.

Answer 5

Of course, Why not! I Christmas means lots of gifts and dazzling Christmas decorations, cheerful Christmas music, and many Christmas parties, Love it! Easter means a long weekend and egg hunt, fun! The main thing is everyone's happy. Who cares if it's religious or not, a holiday is a holiday!

Answer 6

I celebrate Christmas just as a time to spend with family and enjoy all the festive peppermint-scented things. I used to go to my grandparent's house for Easter and we'd have a big dinner. Now that they've moved away, the only thing I do is bug my parents to buy me some Easter candy.

Answer 7

I celebrate the Yule and I celebrate Ostara.

Yule is a long festival, traditionally held to be 12 days or more. After Yule the days began to get longer and the festival represented the breaking of the heart of winter and the beginning of the new year. I tend to use it to celebrate Odin, Thor, Freyr, and Sunna. I make a bonfire and toast to the Gods. I also make a traditional dinner featuring ham and apples. I make eggnog and mead. I also use this time to try and reconnect with family members. I go all out with the evergreen tree, holly, mistletoe, etc.. It is my all time favorite holiday. It doesn't matter if want religion you are, it's a still fun holiday. (To me it holds religious meaning because I practice the Old Norse religion.)

Festival of Ostara (named after the Goddess Ostara), the Spring Goddess. This is a festival of renewal, rejoicing and fertility. I've always loved this holiday. As always, eggs and rabbits are her symbols, I love hiding eggs for the kids.

Answer 8

I go to pre-Xmas parties that I'm invited to but I don't usually do anything special on Xmas day.
I don't consider Easter to be anything other than a reason to spend some time with my family.

Answer 9

The time slot for this question has run out...

Yes we do since family always has. Just not quite all the same way as believers.

Answer 10

Chritmas and Easter are totally pagan. Yule and Ostara.

I am a Christian and those are the 2 worst days of the Year.

Jesus was born on Succot (late september a "Jewish" feast that should be kept by Christians)

He died on Passover (a "Jewish" feast that should be kept by Christians)

He arose on the feast of unleaven bread (a "Jewish" feast that should be kept by Christians)