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Holiday Celebration

Which holiday do you observe/celebrate


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Which do you observe/celebrate?

Christmas
Hanukah
Kwanza
Other
 
Christmas, but I don't like it. It has become too materialistic in my eyes.
 
I celebrate Christmas. Although I dislike how commercialized it has become and how it has overtaken Thanksgiving. I largely attribute this to corporations hoping you will spend more if they "lengthen" the Christmas season and promote it earlier.
 
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I celebrate Christmas and CL is Buddhist. I agree that Christmas has become too materialistic over the years.
 
I celebrate Christmas and CL is Buddhist. I agree that Christmas has become too materialistic over the years.

Be sure to tell CL merry christmas for me :twisted:
 
Christmas because i'm an American, not a christian.
 
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How about XXX-mas? :lol: Sorry, couldn't resist.

Seriously though.... Xmas instead of Christmas and making the distinction like that? That makes no sense whatsoever.

I'm agnostic and still celebrate Christmas. Does that make me a hypocrite?
 
I changed it. i wasn't trying to differentiate Xmas and Christmas, just got lazy. i was saying that i celebrate Christmas out of tradition not belief.
 
I'm pagan, but I am also a bitter, bitter failure of a human being and I don't celebrate holidays.

If I did, I'd probably do some sort of joint Christmas/Yule thing.
 


Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah
 
I'm agnostic and still celebrate Christmas. Does that make me a hypocrite?

I like Christmas too for the holiday it is of giving. I don't really associate it with the questionable story of Jesus nor do I associate bunny rabbits deliving eggs with the resurrection of Jesus.
 
I celebrate Christmas. I'm an atheist, but then again, Christmas is pagan in its origins, and a secular holiday in its practical application.

I think it's become too materialistic, but I'm also glad that it's no longer religious.
 
Hanuka, but I practically never participate in the materialistic side of this season. Minimally in the religious side.
 
I celebrate Hanukkah. However, I do exchange gifts with non-Jewish friends and associates on Christmas.
 
I celebrate Christmas despite being an atheist. There's nothing religious about our Christmas celebrations though.
 
I celebrate Christmas despite being an atheist. There's nothing religious about our Christmas celebrations though.

Sadly this has become true. Corporations have made sure that as of November 26th they try to suck the life and soul out of Christmas asap. My fiance loves Christmas despite being indifferent on Christianity something I am trying to stop because well, the circumstances of her being pregnant and likely giving birth to our child the week of Christmas is nothing short of a miracle, and I want my daughter to grow up know that Christmas, Easter, aren't souless schills used to line hershey's and nintendo's pockets but has a real meaning.

Interestingly enough, I believe at one point a few years ago companies made Christmas happen in December and the churches went along with it for some reason, because as far as scholars can tell Jesus was actually born around springtime in Israel and in fact his ressurection probably happened closer to winter time.

Actually I just thought of why it happens in December, and it is because of an old Pegan holiday where we actually stole the idea for the Christmas tree too. It just is convenient for businesses that it is at the end of the year...
 
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Which do you observe/celebrate?

Christmas
Hanukah
Kwanza
Other

Other.
Eid.

I don't celebrate Christmas except sending a few co workers cards and always avoid the holiday entirely. Bit too materialistic for my liking
 
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Interestingly enough, I believe at one point a few years ago companies made Christmas happen in December and the churches went along with it for some reason, because as far as scholars can tell Jesus was actually born around springtime in Israel and in fact his ressurection probably happened closer to winter time.

Christmas is in December to coincide with the solstice and/or a pagan winter festival. Has been since about 354AD.
 
Interestingly, I think Christmas could be used as a case that supporting the arts and such is a good idea because so much artistically comes out of Christmas, specifically Charles Dickens is the architect of Christmas as we all know it currently. If not for him Christmas could have possibly died.

It really though is a childs holiday and a way to keep them in line by telling them Santa will give them coal if they don't quit putting peanut butter in my damn dvd player and can't quit trying to put the damn cat in the microwave for the 5th time.
 
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