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Poll Question: How many atheists celebrate Christmas?
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Points: 19630 		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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Points: 2223 		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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Points: 19952 		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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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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Points: 20220 		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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Points: 65977 		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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Points: 2223 		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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Points: 261 		Direct Link To This Post 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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