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Poll Question: How many atheists celebrate Christmas?
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    Posted: November 25 2015 at 08:48
Just curious to to see how many celebrate it. I'm not an atheist.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 08:55
I am an atheist, and I always celebrate Christmas with my atheist husband and child. My parents were also atheists and they always celebrated Christmas as well.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 09:02
I've kind of mellowed my views from Atheist to Agnostic, but yes, I celebrate Christmas with my friends and family.  More of the Santa Claus nature of it than the birth of Jesus part of it. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 09:29
Not the whole Jesus thing but the family gathering, off work, lots to eat and drink party, you know the traditional version.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 09:40
Yes. Christmas can be celebrated without praying or believing. It's part of the culture and it's fun. It's origin was not in Christianity, but in the pagan Saturnalia festivals, which were strategically co-opted by the Church. It is not really known what time of the year Jesus was born. My mother is Greek Orthodox, and even today Christmas is something the church gives extra attention mainly to serve popular demand. Easter is a much more important holiday for the Greek Orthodox. I celebrate that too because I'm an atheist who loves lamb.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 09:49
I still celebrate Christmas although it long ago stopped being any kind of religious ceremony anyway. And it starts way too early in this country.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 09:59
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

I still celebrate Christmas although it long ago stopped being any kind of religious ceremony anyway. And it starts way too early in this country.
 
It starts way to early everywhere these days.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 10:03
Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Not the whole Jesus thing but the family gathering, off work, lots to eat and drink party, you know the traditional version.
 
Yeah, it's kind of difficult to avoid the family gathering bit (not sure I'd want to avoid it anyways).... It's also helped by the fact that our research institute is closed 7 or 8 days around that time of the year.
 
But I haven't had a X-mas tree since I got out of the parent's house some 30+ years ago... Not that there was any kind of religious overtones to my mom setting up a tree (I was surprised she stopped putting one up a few years ago). It was mostly for the ambiance and guests.
 
 
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 10:14
Of course we celebrate it. What's religion got to do with it anyway? Who doesn't love a fat dude breaking into your house and leaving you stuff. When are the Republicans going to start tracking and setting up databases for that I wonder. Merry Freakin' Christmas everyone and to all a good fright.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 10:31
The less Christians, the more Christmas Confused.

Btw, I am not an atheist.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 10:39
there's nothing left to celebrate so I've moved from a "yes" to a "no"


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 10:45
Jesus was a cool cat and has always been one of my idols. I don't subscribe to the notion of his daddyo or the bible and neither does the majority of my family....but we've always celebrated Christmas. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 10:54
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Jesus was a cool cat and has always been one of my idols. I don't subscribe to the notion of his daddyo or the bible and neither does the majority of my family....but we've always celebrated Christmas. 
Ditto! Christ is one of my greatest hero's along with Gandhi! I don't subscribe to any of the mythical claims bestowed upon Jesus, but feel that his revolutionary appeals for peaceful co-existence and tolerance are to second to none.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 11:06
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 11:24
When it comes to revealing human potential Jesus is the gold standard. As for holidays, dogmas, and rituals...not so much.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 11:53

How about sort of?...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 12:35
I'm not an athiest per say, nor an agnostic really. I prefer the term indifferent. That being said I celebrate Christmas. The majority of my family is christian and it's a good excuse to get together and gift-give.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 12:48
Originally posted by Ozark Soundscape Ozark Soundscape wrote:

I'm not an athiest per say, nor an agnostic really. I prefer the term indifferent. That being said I celebrate Christmas. The majority of my family is christian and it's a good excuse to get together and gift-give.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 14:18
My family is Christian (and I am not), but I still love visiting my family on this holiday. It gives me a week to spend time with people I never get to see the rest of the year.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2015 at 16:09
It has definitely become more of a celebration of family and capitalism, two things I enjoy very much.Big smile
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