Comments on: How Will Atheists Spend Christmas?

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:21:44 +0000

..sorry…im an idiot!!!.. i know what it is…*yikes*… *blushes*!!!! He’d love to bust my chops for this one!!!!

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:28:34 +0000

…what does the FSM mean?.. I’m non-denominational christian and the greatest love of my life is Atheist and we share each others views n’ opinions and we get along great! We’re 2 seperate individuals n’ we make each others lives very nteresting!! (He’s in the military n’ across the world, so I’m looking for Christmas pictures to send him & ran across this website.) Thank you for your help!!! *M*

By: Santa Claus

Santa Claus — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:42:55 +0000

I’m gonna dress up in a Santa suit and dance my ass off, as usual…

God or no god – December is the season to wear red and move butt!

You tube vid of dancing santas

By: shirky

shirky — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:08:37 +0000

This reminded me that growing up my parents used an owl puppet as a tree topper. I thought it was just fun and cute and then we moved next door to a catholic family who thought it was both strange and hilarious! I didn’t know that angels and stars were traditional until then. The owl represented wisdom according to my grandmother, and it was just handy one year, according to my father. On the other hand, my mother also sets out a nativity set. I will do the puppet in my own home but probably not the nativity set.

By: celestialteapot

celestialteapot — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:04:39 +0000

Every year my family picks a day that’s convenient to all of us involved and we ‘do’ Christmas then. This year we’re giving presents to each other and having Christmas dinner on the 5th December

By: Mathew Wilder

Mathew Wilder — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:13:06 +0000

I’m spending Christmas in Cambodia!

But seriously, though, I think there are plenty of things to like about Christmas. Dickens’ Carol is really a secular morality tale. Plus there is some great music, like Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown music. And of course, don’t forget A Christmas Story, the classic tale of Ralphie and his bb gun. Even It’s a Wonderful Life isn’t really religious. It’s got an angel, but nothing about Jesus, and has an easily identified with existential message.

By: medea

medea — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:00:45 +0000

I will be going to work in an office and think with jealousy about my western friends and family and their time off. I will bring mini-tourtieres for lunch.

Then I will have 6 days off to celebrate New Year’s the Japanese way- sprawled before the television watching stupid tv and eating Satsuma oranges and roasted mochi. Japanese New Year’s is way better than Christmas- 6 days long, + sales!

By: magdalune

magdalune — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:15:39 +0000

I love both sides of Christmas – the religious and the secular. While I have stopped going to church in general, I will attend several services over the Advent season. I love Christmas – the secular/religious music, the secular/religious imagery, the Christmas lights, the family interaction, the tree, the candles, the pagan history, the other religions going on at the same time … I just love it all.

I think I like Christmas even more after losing my faith since I don’t feel so guilty about loving the secular side of it, too.

By: Teresa Doyle

Teresa Doyle — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:10:29 +0000

Or, as we said in Politically Correct Art School, “Happy non-denominational winter holiday season!”

(No, seriously, we said that to each other.)

By: Sanity

Sanity — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:32:52 +0000

December 25 – Spend day with parents and siblings (and their spouses and offspring).

December 26 – Spend day with girlfriend.

A subtle plan which means we both get to dodge the traditional (read: mandatory) family visits to people I either don’t like or hardly know.

As for the rest:
There is never an angel in the tree, because nobody does that in Europe. There are lights and stars and santa’s, but no jesuses (jesii?) or angels. I never gave it much thought though, but now that I do think about it, it’s probably mostly secular.

I don’t do christmas cards, though I do call people to wish them merry christmas, not happy hollidays (again, because nobody says it, unless you mean to include new year’s day)

I have no say in the food, but there won’t be a prayer our my home or my parent’s.

As for music, it’ll be something along the lines of “a very Scary solstice”, because my brain’s capacity for christmas songs will probably have been reached somewhere around december 18th.