Originally posted by Mr Mxyztplk
why do non Christians celebrate Christmas? simple we have nothing better to do.
Late December sucks!!! it's cold, it's snowing and it gets dark at 5:00pm!!! so why not do something to have some fun, get the fam together eat allot of food and give the kids a bunch of toys so they have something to entertain them for the next 3 months of wintry hell.
I guess that we could start a feast of our own but like any other population group we are lazy and it's easier to steal some one else s idea them to come up with our own.

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Well, I still celebrate Christmas because it's something I enjoy doing, and as an atheist I'm not stuck believing that everything enjoyable must be a sin. Therefor, if I enjoy something, I do it.

I also celebrate Easter, because I enjoy it. I am not a pagan, but I celebrate Halloween. I don't believe that the number of Earth's revolutions around the sun since my birth is of any real significance, but I like to celebrate my birthday.

For me, holidays are not about what I believe or don't believe. They are about what I enjoy doing. They are a time where I can have an excuse to shun logic for awhile and just use the "holiday" as a reason to celebrate.

can you say "cake and eat it too"

Originally posted by slave2thelord
can you say "cake and eat it too"

Ummm I dunno let me try....

caaaakkee...
caaaaaakakaeee...
caakaekeekekekekaa...

No... I can't say it .

It is not even Jesus' birthday - he was born in March apparently - and why worry?

You people are too full of worries - what will happen will happen - nothing you can do about it. Why not just relax and love your loved ones?

Well, I'm an atheist and my family celebrated Hanukkah and Christmas. It's all about the kids, they're inundated with Christmas and it's a great way to make them behave for a good month or so! Nice to have the families all get together for good food, we don't do presents for adults, it's a children's thing. We have absolutely no religion attached to our celebration. First night of Hanukkah we had bbq pork! A fat man with flying reindeer and elves making toys isn't remotely religious, though no more unrealistic than what's in the bible. I have no problems teaching my kids all about various religions, if they find one they want to cling to when they get older that's fine by me, I'd never push religion on them at all, I'd never try and stop them from making a personal choice either. I have no problems with religion, it's just not for me.

To answer your question OP, they are not celebrating a christian holiday. Christmas is not, and has never been a christian holiday. It is a pagan holiday that celebrates, among other things, the Sun of God. He who gives all the greatest gifts. I don't think there's anything wrong with somebody who doesn't believe in God celebrating and appreciating the power of the Sun.

I don’t think that Christmas is a religious holiday anymore. Christmas is a marketing tool for businesses that want to squeeze that last dollar out you before the New Year and keep you trapped in the system for another year. Christmas and Easter is all about the money. They want us to believe that we can buy peace, love, and happiness and though it has never happened we keep reaching in our pockets and selling our souls for something that can not be bought. How many Brooklyn bridges are there?

For me Christmas is just a one more day to get drunk a little bit. Nothing more