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[The Immortalist]

Greetings fellow Atheists.

Since Christmas is a Christian celebration. what do Atheists do for Christmas? In my opinion I think for Atheists New years day should replace Christmas and serve as the same function (gift giving, celebration etc).

My question to all the atheists on this forum is, What do you do on Christmas?

[Vindex]

Eat a lot

[firespin]

If in the US, atheists do the same as most Americans which is visit relatives, eat a lot, and give and recieve presents. You don't need to be religious for that...

Edited by firespin, 22 December 2010 - 05:15 AM.

[Marios Kyriazis]

Many people wish me Happy Christmas. 99% of them are Muslims, Hindus, Atheists and even Druids. Christmas is becoming a global celebration of something, certainly not religious.

[nowayout]

I try to have as much a normal day as possible, which is quite difficult when everything is closed, which can be quite depressing. Fortunately the local Starbucks is open, so I go have coffee and read there, and the rest of the day I spend reading at home. I might go to the movies.

You can't imagine the relief I feel the next day when normality returns.

Edited by viveutvivas, 22 December 2010 - 03:03 PM.

[mikeinnaples]

Christmas is not a religious holiday for me, it is a family holiday... no religion involved. It is about tradition. For the record, I celibrate Hanukkah with my wife as well ...see is Jewish. She isn't Jewish in the religious sense, but in the cultural and traditional sense. We are both Atheists.

[forever freedom]

As many here said, i see Christmas as a family celebration, although my family is religious so there's a lot of Jesus here, Jesus there, but i try not to mind.

I'd rather if there wasn't any Christmas so i wouldn't have to buy presents for everyone and wouldn't receive presents i don't really want (or could've picked better myself).

Christmas used to be magical for me when i was a child but now it's just a burden and i would gladly do without it.

[cranquar]

It seems to me that the action of people celebrating anything, produces positive energies (chemical reactions) that yield life giving forces that benefit all & any in participation. Hurray for all those who can take advantage, and enjoy! Being regularly alone, without social contact is not healthy, (supportive medical research reports exists). I am very thankful that this site offers us who often stand alone, a place to encounter thoughtful conversations that address our feelings within.

CQ

[nowayout]

Christmas used to be magical for me when i was a child but now it's just a burden and i would gladly do without it.

I agree. I used to date someone who was really into Christmas but impossible to shop for. It caused me an enormous amount of stress every year.

[yamamura]

I enjoy the day by giving gifts and eat a lot.

Edited by lunarsolarpower, 04 January 2011 - 02:07 AM.
removed commercial links

[Technoearthling]

Please do not capitalise 'Atheists'--which denotes some form of religious association. As though it were a cult of sorts or had a mystical adherence to a set of dogmas.
We atheists do what others do on Christmas,namely eat,spend time with our family and so forth. I re-defined this holiday,as the center of it should be the family, not the birth of some mythological sun god.

[Destiny's Equation]

I come from a family of atheists and we celebrate the same way everyone else does (minus the church services)- decorating the tree, presents, dinner, christmas movies, and family time

One does not need to be religious to have a good time.

[Matt79]

As an atheist I just do the same stuff as when I was a Christian many years ago. Eat, hang with family, open presents etc.

Only thing I don't do anymore is go to midnight mass! Hooray

[jdgauchat]

Greetings fellow Atheists.

Since Christmas is a Christian celebration. what do Atheists do for Christmas? In my opinion I think for Atheists New years day should replace Christmas and serve as the same function (gift giving, celebration etc).

My question to all the atheists on this forum is, What do you do on Christmas?

Christmas is not really a Christian celebration, just try to find Santa Claus in the Bible and then tell me. I don't like celebrations of anything but real achievements, but when I'm close to the family I go to eat and have fun and watch the kids smiling and opening presents, like almost everybody else.

JD

Edited by jdkasinsky, 27 March 2011 - 06:43 PM.

[drus]

who cares! christmas is bullshit, and has nothing to do with christianity.

[The Immortalist]

who cares! christmas is bullshit, and has nothing to do with christianity.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

[Connor MacLeod]

who cares! christmas is bullshit, and has nothing to do with christianity.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

That doesn't really speak well for you.

[bio123]

Playing this vid is a good way to pass the time:

Eric Idle

[drus]

who cares! christmas is bullshit, and has nothing to do with christianity.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

That doesn't really speak well for you.

Master MacLeod...how insulting...to us both lol.


i repeat with conviction, "who cares! christmas is bullshit!" furthermore, christians should be more concerned with easter; as regards christian theology it's a far more important and relevant celebration/event. but i guess since it doesn't have the commercial and merchandising power that xmas has it is forever relegated to the back seat. christmas has always been a farce more or less, but the christmas of the modern era (the last 100 years or so) has become the punchline for a joke it was never intended to be, it is an insult to anything even remotely truly christian.

[maggieW]

Christmas has become a multi-cultural and non-religeous holiday. Note how everyone now says "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas"

[wowser]

Argue with their relatives, just like everyone else?

[nowayout]

Some will tell you different, but us true atheists will exchange presents after eating the baby and before the gay sex.

[hooter]

Christmas is a pagan holiday turned Coca Cola spectacle. I celebrate by fuelling the economy and brainwashing children.

[Valkyrie]

same as everyone else except for going to church and christian stuff. christmas is not just about christian stuff any more

[steampoweredgod]

wHAT IS THERE TO EAT BUT CAKE ON BIRTHDAY DAY

[steampoweredgod]

_{a god of science NEED NO LIES}

[steampoweredgod]

[corb]

What do Atheists do on Christmas?

I ski.
And I eat the seasonal treats and enjoy the rituals - decorating the house with candles and glass balls and what not.
Not believing in space zombies doesn't mean I can't enjoy the culture.

[wowser]

get drunk then fall asleep? lol!

[steampoweredgod]

_{a god of science NEED NO LIES}

It is good that there is no such god, at least yet or so one may hope.(though it recurs in fiction)

One may buy something and gift to oneself and others with traditional commercial interests in mind so as to support economy and brands.

PS

BTW, thanks for cleaning up posts, as they're more palatable if one limits to reasonable ones, excessive wording or posting may merely lead to misdirection rather than further clarification of ideas.

Edited by steampoweredgod, 23 March 2012 - 07:52 AM.