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Holiday Celebration

Which holiday do you observe/celebrate


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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.

I am not religious by ANY stretch.. but do you *really* believe what you just typed above and in the post before this one about companies making Christmas happen in December!? :confused:
 
I am not religious by ANY stretch.. but do you *really* believe what you just typed above and in the post before this one about companies making Christmas happen in December!? :confused:

What do you mean? Using Santa as a device to keep children in line?
 
I am not religious by ANY stretch.. but do you *really* believe what you just typed above and in the post before this one about companies making Christmas happen in December!? :confused:

I would kinda like to address this.

I know that children are a major target of Christmas advertising. But then again, it's always been that way. I remember as a kid making out my Christmas List by looking through the newspaper and looking at the advertisements that Toys'R'Us would slip in and mark down which of the toys I wanted to get.

Now that I'm older, Christmas for adults don't seem to target them for what they want, but rather on getting good deals.

And as for getting together with friends and family, well, a lot of people hate their friends and family, and for good reasons. Just because someone's related to another person doesn't mean they get along with them. I have a bunch of family members that I'm better off just staying away from, so I avoid spending time with them.

My ideal for how I would spend Christmas Day is maybe going out to a pancake house for breakfast, driving around town a little bit, going home, and then vegging out on my bed while watching cartoons and anime all day. Maybe I'll get to one of these days. :tongue4:
 
I love Christmas. Nothing says "celebrate the birth of Christ" like a tickle-me Elmo doll.

I'd love it more if my family weren't all f'ed up.
 
Sadly this has become true.

I don't consider it sad at all. I love Christmas time. I get to see my family, trade gifts, eat a bunch of good food, what's not to like? Christmas doesn't have to be religious to be meaningful.

Not that there's anything wrong with celebrating a more spiritual christmas either (most of my in-laws do). Everyone should celebrate however they like, and leave everyone else's celebrations the **** alone.
 
I'd love it more if my family weren't all f'ed up.

I feel for you there... been there, still doing that. :neutral:
 
Christmas, I love the food, I love the presents, I love the weather, I love the 24 hour Christmas Story marathon. Nothing better!
 
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.
Rat, you definite need someone to talk to.
 
TGND said:
I feel for you there... been there, still doing that.

Yah, but I goofed. I used Michigan economy to justify moving to Alabama to see family I hadn't seen in the better part of two decades.

Two weeks with 90% of them, and I regretted the decision. I'm just glad that school down here is so cheap. I paid more as a freshman at U of M than I did for grad school at Troy.
 
Yah, but I goofed. I used Michigan economy to justify moving to Alabama to see family I hadn't seen in the better part of two decades.

Two weeks with 90% of them, and I regretted the decision. I'm just glad that school down here is so cheap. I paid more as a freshman at U of M than I did for grad school at Troy.

Man, having to choose between Michigan and Alabama must be like having to choose between crap and vomit.
 
Secular Christmas.
 
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.

I would consider that kind of freeing, actually. There's really nowhere to go from there but up.

Unless there's a contract out on you by the mob or you're a hundred thou in debt or something.
 
What the hell does "Secular Christmas" mean? That is like saying "fat free fried foods".

I am not allowed to celebrate the holiday as an atheist? It means celebrating the spirit of the holiday, and all the non secular aspects of it such as fun tales of santa claus for the kids, gifts under a pagan tree, tons of good food, togetherness with the family prior to a long season of being cooped up for the winter dark, a time of goodwill and giving, these are all wonderful aspects of the holiday which are secular (or at the least) pagan in origin.

The story of the passion of Christ is a small part of the holiday, there are many aspects of it that are totally unrelated and separate from that. This is not a closed holiday that is narrow in scope, this a holiday that is an amalgamation of many things, Christ being but one of them.
 
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I am not allowed to celebrate the holiday as an atheist? It means celebrating the spirit of the holiday, and all the non secular aspects of it such as fun tales of santa claus for the kids, gifts under a pagan tree, tons of good food, togetherness with the family prior to a long season of being cooped up for the winter dark, a time of goodwill and giving, these are all wonderful aspects of the holiday which are secular (or at the least) pagan in origin.

The story of the passion of Christ is a small part of the holiday, there are many aspects of it that are totally unrelated and separate from that. This is not a closed holiday that is narrow in scope, this a holiday that is an amalgamation of many things, Christ being but one of them.

Much of what you say is fundmentally flawed, but it fuels our nation so I am at odds. Do what you want.
 
Much of what you say is fundmentally flawed, but it fuels our nation so I am at odds. Do what you want.

do expand on the fundamental flaws
 
What the hell does "Secular Christmas" mean? That is like saying "fat free fried foods".

It means exactly what it says, Christmas with absolutely no religious overtones whatsoever. Santa Claus, presents, Christmas trees, being with family, etc. You know, what the overwhelming majority of people celebrate.
 
It means exactly what it says, Christmas with absolutely no religious overtones whatsoever. Santa Claus, presents, Christmas trees, being with family, etc. You know, what the overwhelming majority of people celebrate.

I think "overwhelming majority" is a bit of projection on your part.
 
I think "overwhelming majority" is a bit of projection on your part.

The overwhelming majority of people do those things. I think that is what he was saying.
 
The overwhelming majority of people do those things. I think that is what he was saying.

He's saying they do them with "absolutely no religious overtones whatsoever."
 
He's saying they do them with "absolutely no religious overtones whatsoever."

Alot of things we do on Christmas has no religious overtones. I mean, Santa Clause has nothing to do with Christianity. Though, most people do celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday.
 
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