Athiests do you celebrate Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving, if so Why?

Question

Just a side note, I mentioned Thanksgiving because thanksgiving was given to God by the pilgrims and indians for the bountiful harvest.

I thought I would clarify, I didn't say God gave Thanksgiving to anyone. The pilgrims gave thanksgiving to God. This is true and before God was omitted from the schools you could find it in the text books.
Courtesy of Wikipedia:
The Virginia colony
A collective prayer of thanksgiving was held in the Virginia Colony on December 4, 1619 near the current site of Berkeley Plantation, where celebrations are still held each year on the first Sunday in November.

Answer 1

Try avoiding Christmas some time. I imagine it's even harder when you've got kids. Kids go to school, with other kids, who get presents. It's easier to get away with murder than it is to skip Christmas

Easter isn't really a big deal. When I'm working hourly, it's great, because it means I get time and a half times three (holiday, more than forty hours in a work week, more than eight hours in a day).

Thanksgiving is really just Christmas: the Prequel. Although now that I have in-laws that can cook really well, it's pretty good. The upside is, plenty of beer and football.

Answer 2

Atheists tend to celebrate Christmas and Thanksgiving. This is because Christmas is barely religious anymore, and Thanksgiving is celebrated by everyone. They don't celebrate Easter unless a young child wants to go on an easter egg hunt, but that is all there is to the Easter celebration. I hope I answered your question!

Answer 3

For the 1st area of your question, definite, I have fun Thanksgiving, and yuletide. I usually paintings on Easter, however if I did i does not. The question right it is, why do you assume those are particularly religious holidays? Thanksgiving is a prominent-day "harvest competition", and saying grace or prayers throughout that's no diverse then saying grace or prayers for the different meal. As such, i does not pray or say grace for any meal, as God does not placed the food on my table, farmers, butchers, manufacturers, truck drivers, food market clerks, and finally, *I* do. As for Christmas, it grew to become into initially a PAGAN trip co-opted by utilising the Catholic church... and is so commercialized in recent times that's a purely secular trip that some human beings use to bypass to Mass. changing presents on yule? additionally a pagan ingredient. As for Easter Egg hunts... if I gave a damn on the subject of the trip in any way, shape or sort, why does not I? heavily... eggs.

Answer 4

Christmas--yes, because it's fun and I like giving presents and putting up decorations. Christmas is a pagan holiday, having existed under many names as a celebration of the winter solstice for thousands of years before Christianity came along.

Easter--another pagan holiday, this time honoring the spring equinox. Kinda boring, though, so I don't pay much attention unless someone invites me to their ham dinner.

Thanksgiving--Great time to spend with friends and family and have a terrific turkey dinner! Also a nice reminder of Earth's bounty and how lucky I am to have plenty of food to eat. Harvest celebrations are not unique to Christianity, btw.

Answer 5

When I'm older, I don't think I'll celebrate Easter. I wasn't aware that Thanksgiving was a religious holiday, but I celebrate it because of family. My family makes a big deal out of Christmas, so I also celebrate that for family.

Answer 6

Not Easter and Thanksgiving but occasionally Christmas because despite the Christian origin the underline theme is the Spirit of Giving, Good will Towards Men, Family and Love and I've got nothing against those beliefs....

Answer 7

i dunno what i am, though i have big doubts about everything. i celebrate christmas, easter and thanksgiving for the same reason that i celebrate halloween, it's a reason for my family to get together and do something fun, and usually (not for halloween) it's one of the few times during the year that everyone has the day off and can get together. also, tradition. you have to admit, christmas for most people has more to do with santa than christ. it's the way our culture modifies tradition over time, and when you've grown up your whole life since you were a little tiny baby getting presents on christmas day, why wouldnt you keep that alive? it's a pleasant memory for most.

i mean, on that same note, why does anyone celebrate birthdays? that strikes me as more of a pagan ritual than christian, so should christians not celebrate their birthdays? (not being controversial here, just asking)_

Answer 8

I do not celebrate Easter at all, but I do celebrate the many secular aspects of Christmas and Thanksgiving. They are great opportunities to gather with family and other loved ones and reflect upon all the good things we have in our lives.

Answer 9

Yes. I celebrate them to have happy times with my family...the same as you. We do not pray at Thanksgiving...we enjoy the food and good company. At Christmas...we simply get together, exchange gifts and have a good dinner. Easter we don't do much. Sometimes we gather with family and sometimes we just lay low. These are days off for us, so why wouldn't we use the time to enjoy ourselves? It's not like we have gods that will get angry with us. We are free to do as we please.

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Answer 10

Why wouldn't they celebrate Thanksgiving? I mean, I could see a little argument for Christmas, and more so for Easter, but what does Thanksgiving have to do with believing in any God?