Atheists and Christmas

I don't make a deal of it, I go through the religious motions out of respect of my family, etc.

It's far more important to me to have a good relationship with my family then to try and prove that I'm right. People who do that have miserable lives.

It's not hard.

Manage? All I have to do is not work, eat like a pig, drink like a fish and spend time with loved ones. There's no "manage" to it. Going to church drunk for an hour with my parents and brother isn't exactly much to ask.

How much of modern day Christmas is really "religious"?
Sure there are special church services and nativity scenes and such, otherwise it's all secular.

I usually go to church with the fam, open gifts, lunch, drinks, and maybe some nba.

My favorite time of the year

I celebrate Christmas with my family. I love the Christmas Holidays.


And this guy gets it.

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I respect the faith of others even if it doesn't work for me. I dislike militant atheists just as I do religious zealots who want to save my soul.

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I protest in front of churches after pissing off my family and friends with my extreme vitriol toward their faith.

I'll be working

I would imagine the adult ones don't even mention their belief and participate in whatever needed because they appreciate their family and respect their beliefs

Most people without personality disorders try to get along with their family wherever possible. We also love our loved ones and don't attack them on every point where we think they are wrong - that type of behavior is more of a message board habit.

Anyway, like others have mentioned, Christmas isn't really an overly religious thing in the way it is practiced. If you actually were in the presence of Jesus I imagine he'd be horrified by the way his beliefs are now used to justify a lot of commercialism. I doubt he would actually snatch the expensive toys out of children's hands but he wouldn't love the present holiday as a whole.

I'm an atheist but I still love Christmas. My wife is not an atheist but she could care less if we get a tree. I always insist that we do (and we don't have young children). I have a set of atheist ornaments I hang along with the regular ones. Love all the Christmas songs on the radio, love the Christmas specials on TV, and every other year or so I force my wife and kid to go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the arena. Each year I try to get them to go see The Nutcracker but they won't go. Christmas doesn't have to be real or have a real meaning - it's still fun.