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Holiday Celebration

Which holiday do you observe/celebrate


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Identifying and being are two different things. In this country, claiming to be a Christian is part of a social identity. If you only counted those people who actually understood what it is that they supposedly believe, go to church regularly, read the Bible, etc. that number would be minuscule. Besides, with 30,000 distinct sects of Christianity out there, many of whom consider all others to be heretical, how do you define what "Christian" actually means?

Doesn't matter whether or not they agree with each other.

You got something better which shows the "overwhelming majority" celebrate with "no religious overtones whatsoever"? Let's see it. You're making bold claims, so let's see what backs it up.
 
Well, you know what? No matter what else you want to call it, attending a religious service is, indisputably, a "religious overtone." So yeah, wishful thinking.

Well I think that would really depend. My sister, for instance, is very religious. And there is no doubt that at her house, there are religious overtones to the celebration of Christmas. Hell, I even go to her church with her and her family for Christmas. But for me personally, there are no religious overtones because I'm an atheist. Even though I go to church that one day out of the year, there is nothing religious to me about Christmas. It's an American holiday which is about friends and family and taking a break from it all. I know a lot of people who will claim some form of Christianity, but they aren't going to church on Christmas or anything like that. They use the holiday more as a family oriented holiday rather than a religious one. Perhaps in their cases there could be religious undertones, but no overtones.
 
not being a traditionalist, there's nothing to celebrate, except a good turkey dinner with my wife and good wine.

ricksfolly
 
not being a traditionalist, there's nothing to celebrate, except a good turkey dinner with my wife and good wine.

ricksfolly

good wine is ALWAYS worth celebrating
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not being a traditionalist, there's nothing to celebrate, except a good turkey dinner with my wife and good wine.

ricksfolly

I like that wording, "not being a traditionalist." Along the same lines, we are not traditionalists and ours is a hearty ham dinner, having had turkey at T-day. The first year after my divorce, the kids got their noses a little out of joint because of no Xmas, but then they returned to school after the break and all their friends were totally into the post-Xmas blues, lots of complaining about family gatherings, presents not good enough, etc. and after that, they never gave me another problem. I suppose though I should admit that we had a special end of school "holiday" around here, when getting things like new toys for the summer break made more sense to me than **** in the middle of the school year when time and attention shouldn't be on new toys.
 
I really don't care who you know; anecdotal evidence isn't evidence.

This Christmas, 78% of Americans Identify as Christian

But believe what you want, of course.

LMAO!!
did I say it was, I clearly said many times in this thread I am by no means a majority, actually said those exact words lol I can almost feel you punching your keyboard, dont get your panties in a bunch


also "identifying" as christian has ZERO to do with it, if I had to pick I identify as a christian but i do nothing religious on the holidays
 
Identifying and being are two different things. In this country, claiming to be a Christian is part of a social identity. If you only counted those people who actually understood what it is that they supposedly believe, go to church regularly, read the Bible, etc. that number would be minuscule. Besides, with 30,000 distinct sects of Christianity out there, many of whom consider all others to be heretical, how do you define what "Christian" actually means?

quit using common sense and logic it offends others :)
 
Well I think that would really depend. My sister, for instance, is very religious. And there is no doubt that at her house, there are religious overtones to the celebration of Christmas. Hell, I even go to her church with her and her family for Christmas. But for me personally, there are no religious overtones because I'm an atheist. Even though I go to church that one day out of the year, there is nothing religious to me about Christmas. It's an American holiday which is about friends and family and taking a break from it all. I know a lot of people who will claim some form of Christianity, but they aren't going to church on Christmas or anything like that. They use the holiday more as a family oriented holiday rather than a religious one. Perhaps in their cases there could be religious undertones, but no overtones.

Ikari how dare you think that its YOUR choice on how YOU celebrate and what that celebration means to YOU. You arer silly, its already been decided for YOU by another poster. It doesnt matter that YOU go to church to be with YOUR family and what YOUR feelings are, if YOU went to church YOU are "INDEED" celebrating religiously, YOU dont get a choice nor does YOUR opinion matter!!!!! ;)

hopefully you picked up on the obvious sarcasm
 
LMAO!!
did I say it was, I clearly said many times in this thread I am by no means a majority,

Yet you also said that the people you know make you agree with Cephus about the "overwhelming majority" of people.


I can almost feel you punching your keyboard, dont get your panties in a bunch

Dream on. Ignorance and vapid reasoning amuse me; they don't anger me. :rofl:


also "identifying" as christian has ZERO to do with it, if I had to pick I identify as a christian but i do nothing religious on the holidays

It certainly increases the likelihood that someone will attach religious significance to the holiday, and at the very least 78% of the population is in pool which might. You might call 78% an "overwhelming majority" in its own right.

Cephus, of course, offers nothing to back up what he said; I at least offered this. It may not jibe with your personal experience, but that's your problem.
 
Christmas... it's only as materialistic as you want to make it. To me, it's about tradition, spending time with family and of course FOOD :)
 
Christmas.
Basically it's an excuse to decorate, nostlagia, and get in the mood for visiting family at year end. Good food time too. I grew up with good, classic christimas music playing throughout the December days, I still like that tradition.

And for the kids, it's definitely some fun seeing them open presents. We don't get much, and it's all got to have some value. Hungry hungry hippos, for example, gets vetoed. But a matching game might get through. For the adults, we don't gift exchange, not even with my wife. Our gift it not having to run around looking for things that we'd rather buy on our own anyway. We do intentionally buy at least one nice item for ourselves during that time, and sometimes go on a mini-shopping spree for stuff we "need" (new pots, or new bedding, whatever we have neglected for a while).
 
I am Christian, and celebrate Christmas as both a religious holiday, and a family holiday.

I've known most of my life that Jesus was not born on Christmas day, and that Emperor Constantine was involved in "Christianizing" many pagan Roman holidays to make the acceptance of Christianity easier for Rome; my old-home-church pastor actually explained that about every year. To us now, it is a day that is set aside by long tradition to celebrate the birth of Jesus, and spend some time with family.

On Christmas Eve, my son and I sit down together in quiet and read of Jesus' birth from scripture together, and offer a prayer of thanks for the birth of our Savior. Afterward we exchange gifts, and then just hang out together and do whatever (this often ends up being playing two-player on the Xbox, lol.)

Christmas morning, I cook up our contribution to the family feast, and about noon we meet the rest of Clan McGoshin at Mom's house. This can be upwards of 20 people sometimes. We will fellowship, pray, feast, and exchange gifts... then either sit around talking or watching the kids play. Oh, and there is a customary "paper ball fight" using gift-wrapping paper, lol. Late in the afternoon or early evening, people will begin to drift off home, but it might be 9pm before the last family leaves.

In other words, we have a very old-fashioned traditional family Christmas. We like it like that.
 
Dream on. Ignorance and vapid reasoning amuse me; they don't anger me. :rofl:
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you must laugh often then at your own reasoning because you just defined yours in this thread perfectly LOL and I understand emotion gets lost in print often but yes you seemed very angry in the post i was referring LMAO
 
you must laugh often then at your own reasoning because you just defined yours in this thread perfectly LOL

Says the guy whose "argument" is "no one I know does anything religious, so Cephus is probably right." :lamo

As I said, if he -- or you -- have any better evidence, now's the time -- as they say, put up or shut up. But your social circle ain't it.
 
Which do you observe/celebrate?

Christmas
Hanukah
Kwanza
Other

You should have made it multiple choice. A lot of people celebrate Hanukah and Christmas, they are not competing holidays. Also, we may celebrate USA Christmas and Ethiopian Christmas (which falls on January 7th. They have a different calendar than us).
 
You should have made it multiple choice. A lot of people celebrate Hanukah and Christmas, they are not competing holidays. Also, we may celebrate USA Christmas and Ethiopian Christmas (which falls on January 7th. They have a different calendar than us).

Perhaps I should have, but I didn't. Good thing people can post in these poll threads, huh?
 
Says the guy whose "argument" is "no one I know does anything religious, so Cephus is probably right." :lamo

As I said, if he -- or you -- have any better evidence, now's the time -- as they say, put up or shut up. But your social circle ain't it.

yep and so did how many others here? and how conveniently you left out where i said I am by no means a majority
hmmmmmmmmm, why would you leave that part out?
oh I know because you wanted to try and feel better about your stance while misleading and only taking part of the qoute you could think of an answer for LMAO:laughat:
thanks for playing and continuing to display your broken bias self serving logic :)
 
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