do you decorate for christmas?
do you buy and except christmas presents every year?
and if so why, if you do not beleive?
2007-12-03 09:51:23 · 21 answers · asked by jeanniep 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What does believing in gods have to do with decorating for Christmas and buying presents? You're not making any sense at all.
2007-12-03 09:54:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
Just because I don't believe in God, doesn't mean I don't believe in Christmas. It is a great holiday where you decorate your house, spend time with families, give and receive presents, and over all celebrate the holiday season. Most people do the same, and a few add the "Birth of Jesus" part by also going to church.
Modern Christmas celebrations are a mix of a lot of different winter celebrations, most pagan.
2007-12-03 17:56:13 · answer #2 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I am pagan, so I celebrate Yule with my husband and daughter, and Christmas with each of our families. We decorate, exchange gifts, get together with family and friends.
Christmas came from Pagan celebration of Winter Solstice/Yule/Saturnalia. The Christians adopted it as their day to celebrate Jesus' birth, although he was born in the spring. They chose this day because it coincided with Pagan celebrations. The Christians felt that if they integrated their holidays with Pagan ones, then the Pagans would be easier to convert.
This time of year is for everyone. Nobody has a monopoly on it. If Christians don't like the fact that pagans, atheists, etc. celebrate Christmas, it's really their problem. They need to understand that Christmas comes under many names and is for all people.
2007-12-03 19:56:39 · answer #3 · answered by Bookworm 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is originally a pagan celebration of the return of the sun in winter. Anyway, we don't decorate very much, and we exchange presents with friends and family when we visit them, I don't see any damage in that even though I am an atheist.
2007-12-03 17:57:00 · answer #4 · answered by NaturalBornKieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Christmas was celebrated before Ink hit paper for the bible. You cant claim Christmas as your own. I am not a believer but you can bet your *** I decorate and buy presents.
2007-12-03 17:57:10 · answer #5 · answered by lalala 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Once again, as others have probably pointed out: Christmas is a hijacked holiday from pagans. The ONLY thing original to Christianity in the Christmas myth are the wise men.
Savior birth to a virgin * talking animals * animals symbols * exchange of presents * lit trees * decorations * mistletoe * feasting * toasting * Yule log = all pagan/heathen
So as a "non-believer" - I welcome the chance to celebrate MY holiday of Yule (all 12 days and nights), the original "reason for the season"
2007-12-03 18:01:17 · answer #6 · answered by Aravah 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I do not believe in the Christian god or in Christmas but I do celebrate the Solstice every year by putting up a tree and exchanging gifts in honor of the Sun Kings return. This tradition has been apart of my religion long before Christianity ever became an organized religion.
2007-12-03 18:10:01 · answer #7 · answered by Khimaera 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I celebrate the Winter Solstice.
It is traditional to decorate a tree and exchange gifts for the solstice.
Christians incorporated these traditions into Christmas as a ploy to convert the heathens.
What does tinsel on a tree have to do with Jesus ?
I don't put up a Nativity scene or go to a Christian church, I go to UU congregation on the 21st of December for their Winter Solstice celebration.
Who told you that one MUST be Christian to give gifts or spend time with family on Christmas ? What passage in the bible commands Christians to decorate trees, & wreaths, kiss under mistletoe, and make up stories about Santa & flying reindeer ? What does any of that have to do with God ?
And why do you participate in Pagan Winter Solstice traditions ?
LEESHA -- Thanksgiving is an AMERICAN holiday. Also, you might want to have someone read the constitution to you. I won't try and force Christians to work on Saturday (the Jewish sabbath) and don't you try and force anyone to work on a Sunday, just because the Christian Holiday of Easter falls on Sunday) What would you do, FORCE someone to work on a day when the business is closed ? Also, check your history, Pagans were celebrating Winter Solstice FIRST, so big deal, the Catholics tried to wean them off of THEIR celebration by incorporating CHRISTIAN elements into it.
2007-12-03 18:01:06 · answer #8 · answered by queenthesbian 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Christmas is not an entirely christian holiday it was just adopted my Christians (you do know only Luke said Jesus was born on 25Th of December) holidays around the winter solstice have been around for centuries. its a nice day its not like they care or we care so why not plus being brought in christian society leaves you with a habit hard to break...I'm atheist and i may just celebrate every religious holiday but then i could make my own for my own theory's and beliefs
2007-12-03 18:00:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because Christmas and Christ share the same root prefix does not mean they are related. Christmas is a Pagan holiday celebrating the winter solstice.
2007-12-03 17:56:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋