Do you celebrate Christmas?
Dec 13, 2006 at 12:26 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 45
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I'm kinda interested in seeing the percentage of Head-Fiers that celebrate Christmas. Nothing religious intended by this poll, only to see how many here celebrate it.
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Dec 13, 2006 at 12:55 AM Post #2 of 45
In the sense that it's a tradition that hasn't, yet, been banned by the PC brigade then YES.... I'm all for it, long may it continue. In a religious sense, no, I don't do religion at all.
 
Dec 13, 2006 at 1:01 AM Post #3 of 45
Not only do I celebrate Christmas but I celebrate Christmas year round because I have a lot of great Christmas CDs from jazz artists and classical works. The music is so good that I believe good music can be heard any time of the year and the spirit of the music is wonderful to enjoy at any time.

I also love celebrating Christmas in the summer too because it's also a great form of escapism and a nice way to escape stress and to think about the beauty of winter and the holidays. Thinking about the Christmas spirit and winter is great especially when I get tired of the sunny days and the beach. I love winter very much and I even dream about it in the summer and Christmas is fun with me at any time 24/7. Ho Ho Ho!
 
Dec 13, 2006 at 1:21 AM Post #5 of 45
Fo Show! I could do without the stress and shopping traffic but I enjoy the time with family and appreciate the Christian meaning deeply.
 
Dec 13, 2006 at 1:27 AM Post #7 of 45
I'd like to, but it's just not something that my family does. Hell, we don't celebrate anything, even our "native" holidays.
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Used to really hate the holiday season as a kid, especially while at school. You were pretty much forced to take part in whatever christmas activies, even though you know you ain't eating turkey or getting crap under no tree.
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Also, other kids can be real bastards.
 
Dec 13, 2006 at 1:37 AM Post #8 of 45
Look forward to celebrating it every year. Sure it can be stressful, but its so fantastic to spend time with family. And as for the religious part, I sure do too.
 
Dec 13, 2006 at 1:40 AM Post #9 of 45
Yeah. It's a tradition I love. Snow (some years I get to it), fireplaces, lights, gifts, big meals, holiday films, etc. Also like a lot of big events there's a felt general group change (good or bad) to think about things outside our normal daily lives.

That said I worry about both the PC groups (celebrate all traditions, not water it down to none) and the religious groups (historically it's not the "reason for the season" - many elements like "Christmas" trees, "Yule"-tide, even the dates origin, have little to do with that specific tradition, etc. - or to put it another way, if elements outside a faith can be integrated in - they can be pulled back out too for others.). The holiday will continue to evolve.

But my biggest problem with Christmas is that it is my birthday.
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Dec 13, 2006 at 1:42 AM Post #10 of 45
Not really....I just use it as an excuse to buy and receive gifts. But I'm not really into the whole yuletide spirit.
 
Dec 13, 2006 at 1:43 AM Post #11 of 45
I'm an atheist, but I celebrate it as a secular holiday, which it's steadily becoming on its own (through companies commercializing it to appeal to a greater audience and sell more products).

It's a great time of year; a holiday for giving to others, and spending time with loved ones is great.
 
Dec 13, 2006 at 1:50 AM Post #12 of 45
I celebrate it... but purely as a secular lets all get together and have a nice time way... Even when I was religious, it always seemed like a pretty secular holiday.

I guess my feelings are summed up by a quote from the Dilbert animated series... Here is butchered version of it (can't seem to find the exact quote):

Sometimes the holiday season can get a little hectic and commercial. And under that its all hollow and meaningless. But under all of those layers of commercialization, crassness and hollowness... yes... there is a warmth that is special to holidays.
 
Dec 13, 2006 at 2:01 AM Post #14 of 45
No, none of it.
 
Dec 13, 2006 at 2:02 AM Post #15 of 45
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In the sense that it's a tradition that hasn't, yet, been banned by the PC brigade then YES.... I'm all for it, long may it continue. In a religious sense, no, I don't do religion at all.


Same here.
 
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