Non-Christians, do you really care when Christians celebrate Jesus' birth?

Question

There is alway constant controversy about Christians stealing Christmas and how they use the day to celebrate Jesus' birth.
I am just wondering if anyone really cares about this...seeing as as individuals we can celebrate the day any day we wish and for whatever reasons we wish.
So tell me do you really care when Christians celebrate Jesus' birth?

*celebrate the day any way we wish.*

First pagan...Blah blah blah. I do not believe in Jesus in the biblical context anyway. But I still don't care when ppl want to celebrate his birth.

Answer 1

hey snarky-nope- i dont care-i would find it funny if they tried to move christmas-yea sure it was a pagan holiday but i dont think that anyone has the right to tell someone what and how to celebrate-i just think its good that people get in the spirit of the season whatever their reason for doing so----just my thoughts---smile and enjoy the day

Answer 2

Nope, I really don't give a rat's behind. As the mother of one Pagan said back when she first started out as Wiccan and was all rebellious and all, and did the whole Christmas argument too: Does the date matter? It's the celebration of an event, not the date.

Frankly, speaking as a Pagan, I don't much care for the whole "We had it first!" pissing contest that some Pagans like to get into about Christmas. Folks, who cares?! Lighten up. Arguing about who has the "right" to celebrate on that date is going against the very spirit of the holidays, both Yule and Christmas.

Answer 3

It's not that I care about. It's Christians wanting to put nativity scenes in public places, about throwing a tizzy if someone wants to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas," and conservapundits inventing a "war on Christmas" to further shove their beliefs and views down other people's throats. No wonder I've now got a bad cough.

If you want to celebrate his birthday on the wrong day, that's just peachy keen. But don't get mad because I point out you're celebrating it a few months early and please leave the pagan holiday alone. And don't get mad when I remind you that Christmas is NOT the only holiday around this time of year.

Answer 4

Actually there is some internal evidence (using biblical references to the Roman Census) that Jesus was probably born in April.

Early Christian leaders decided to use the pagan celebration of the winter equinox (Dec 25) because that was the time of already existing festivals (Druids with mistle toe and trees, etc) It was a convenient way to wean the pagans into a new religion without breaking with their traditions.

Actually Christian are just returning to their pagan roots by celebrating on the Equinox. :)

Answer 5

I really don't think that the majority of Christians are really celebrating the birth of Jesus. It has turned into such a materialistic event. ppl are all stressed during the holidays and worried what to get ppl for xmas. It is supposed to be about Jesus more than anything right?! But I think maybe ppl of other religions care, but maybe in different ways.

Answer 6

My kin is non Christian. i'm a pantheist, my husband and a couple of of my youngsters are Unitarian Universalists and my different youngster is an agnostic of the fed up style. even although, Christianity is a factor if our background and yuletide is a factor of our background and custom. So we do celebrate Christmas as a fashion of connecting with and honoring our background and custom. that's a fashion of sharing some previous kin traditions, etc. each and every kin places their very very own "swing" on holiday journeys besides. each and each kin has numerous issues they emphasize and downplay, etc. Christmas, via how background has performed out isn't merely a holy day for a particular faith, that's an amalgamation of many faith, traditions and cultures. you will artwork out what it desires to be on your loved ones. on account that your infant is tiny, you have some years of experimenting until eventually now you need to do a great style of explaining. iciness Solstice is the holy day that my kin observes in the time of the iciness, and we don't enable it wander off in the shuffle. this is not a "paganization of Christmas" that's this is very own day, with this is very own which potential and value.

Answer 7

Sure I do, you have the right just like everyone else does. I celebrate because most of my family is Christian, but I am not. We all have a mutual understanding. (I'm Pagan, by the way.)
How do you really know that Jesus' birthday is on December 25th, though? I've heard of many different dates being brought up.

Answer 8

I don't think anyone has a problem with Christians celebrating the birth of their lord.

It is Christians who have a problem with others NOT celebrating the birth of their lord.

We have several churches in my town, all of which display huge, extravagant nativity scenes. No one in town has a problem with this, because they are on church property.

But if the christians want to coopt public land, they meet opposition. They perceive this as oppression, which is ridiculous.

Answer 9

Not particularly and nor do I see a problem in borrowing customs because that has been done through-out history as people have moved around the earth. However, some acknowledgement of where the custom came from would be nice instead of trying to re-write history.

Answer 10

No. But, I do think it's kind of funny that they celebrate it on what was originally a pagan holiday and not the time of his actual birth (according to historians), which was sometime in the spring.