Do atheist people celebrate Christmas, and Easter?

Question

WHY, OR WHY NOT?

Thanks for your answers, I will pray for your eyes to be opened. God bless us all.

Answer 1

Yes, they do because of their peers, who are not atheist.

and by the way, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Answer 2

An Atheist would never celebrate Christmas or Easter as both are religious Christian holidays.

Atheists most likely celebrate the Winter Solstice and the joy of St. Nicholas, Frosty the Snowman, etc...

Answer 3

A big holiday was celebrated with parties , visiting ,decorating with evergreens , and the giving of gifts at the end of December to mark the time that the days begin getting longer . They called it The Return of Light . It's been a big holiday thousands of years before Christianity was invented .
Same for Easter , the ancients called it The Rebirth because all of nature was coming back to life after a hard winter . They celebrated with the things that suggested birth - - - eggs hatching , little chicks, birds , and bunnies being born , Spring flowers . Isn't it strange that the Christians use every bit of the ancient holiday , even to having their hero Christ come back to life ( rebirth ) on the exact same day ?
Both of those holidays were stolen intact by the Christians , and claimed as Christian holidays .

Answer 4

Easter no, its boring and very fattening.

Christmas is a great traditional time to get together with friends and family we may not see at other times. It is no different than July 4th or any other holiday. It is simply a commercial/traditional time. Only hard core fanatics actually think about it in religious terms. Most just want to out do their neighbors in obnoxious decorations, and pig out on great food.

Answer 5

I celebrate Christmas with my family, most of them are Christians. In my house we have a tree and decorations but they are not religious in any way. If the celebration of Christmas is truly a celebration of the birth of Jesus, why can't I celebrate it too? I believe he existed, I just don't believe he was the son of God. I do not celebrate Easter because it has never been an important day in my family, but if it was important to them I would celebrate with them because I love them. I bet you put your loose teeth under your pillow even after you stopped believing in the Tooth Fairy, am I right?

Answer 6

I celebrate them because of family tradition. They are great excuses to get together with the family. Jesus nor God are ever mentioned during the celebration. Just good food and good company. At Christmas I share gifts with my family and Easter I color eggs. I doubt most Christians celebrate these holidays different than I do. What do you do during those holidays that actually celebrate the birth and resurrection of Christ? I'm not sure what presents and coloring eggs have to do with Christ but maybe you could let me know.

Answer 7

I only celebrate easter because my mom does and cooks dinner. And i cant turn down free homecooked dinner (I live away from home, and I love seeing my family)

I guess you could say I celebrate christmas, but not for the birth of christ. I like use that time to reflect on the changes of the seasons, and since its the end of the year, i also reflect on what I have been through and what can I do to better my situation next year (haha, i guess most people do that new years... im usually too drunk for that)

Answer 8

Some do, some don't. Just like believers. It's a personal thing. And none of our business, btw.

As for all this BS about oh dear, golly gosherooney it's just a pagan holiday with an extreme makeover.....

has it ever occurred to you twits that those earlier versions were just God's way of preparing us for the Real McCoy when He came along?

Answer 9

i'm an atheist and i do celebrate christmas and easter! why? coz it wld be nice to be able to calebrate any day with yer whole family and friends but it's also hard: people have to work, goto school, have things to do...in those days there r no such things! you can start having lunch at 1 pm and go on till it becomes dinner...eat lots of good stuff, drink good wine (coz everybody like to spend a lil more in those days...consumerism? well yeah but hey...what the f*ck!) and sit at the table till 11 pm...then u go out and meet yer friends and just have fun thinkin bout nothin alse than being together...

Answer 10

Sure. Christmas is about spending time with family and giving and receiving gifts, Easter is about giving chocolate eggs and entertaining kids with tales of the Easter bunny.

Why wouldn't we celebrate these?

Pray for our eyes to be opened? Yes, you telepathically speak to your deity and ask him to manipulate our thoughts to comply more with your views on life.

Answer 11

Yes athiests do celebrate holidays, they were orignally non-christian holidays to begin with and the catholic church took them over inorder to convert more pagans. I personally change some of the "traditions", such as a snowflake on top of my tree or a moon because X-mas was originally a day to celebrate the longest night of the year. I keep some of the traditions for my christian husband however. Easter was a celebration of spring and birth, there is the summer equinox, halloween is actually a harvest festival. ect. Most of the holidays began as unreligious celebrations, so of course most of us celebrate them. Thanks.