tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post3370146497603424284..comments2024-03-10T06:07:53.511-07:00Comments on Crazy in Suburbia: Do you have to be Christian to celebrate Christmas?Martha Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-76960622915165732282012-09-22T12:31:32.438-07:002012-09-22T12:31:32.438-07:00This will not actually have success, I consider th...This will not actually have success, I consider this way.Lenorahttp://forum.loni.ucla.edu/member.php?u=24844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-50341966079695886412012-01-30T19:33:59.751-08:002012-01-30T19:33:59.751-08:00This is so insulting. To sum Christmas up to a hol...This is so insulting. To sum Christmas up to a holiday like Martin Luther King, Jr. day or Halloween (just a national holiday for "fun") is so beyond naive and frustrating. Christmas is for Christians. Hence the "Christ" in the name. <br /><br />Imagine if I went up to Native Americans and decided to build a long-house and camp out in a tee pee because I enjoyed watching "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-33721771808667700502009-12-15T20:02:43.149-08:002009-12-15T20:02:43.149-08:00We are a Christian and Jewish household. Someone ...We are a Christian and Jewish household. Someone recently said to me "Happy Christukkah". I loved it and only wish I had heard this before I printed our "Holiday" cards. My Jewish husband goes around saying "Merry Christmas". We are fine with any saying at this time of year. We celebrate being together as a family, that is what this season means to us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-64421675091660673712009-12-13T18:20:24.406-08:002009-12-13T18:20:24.406-08:0010:23, Let's keep the pagan in christmas.
...10:23, Let's keep the pagan in christmas. <br /><br />'Christmas began over 4000 years ago, as the festival which renewed the world for another year. The 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires and probably the yule log; the giving of presents; the carnivals with their floats; their merry makings and clowning; the mummers who sing and play from house to house, the feasting; the church Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-79222948610370920842009-12-13T08:57:23.542-08:002009-12-13T08:57:23.542-08:00I had some Christian upbringing. Everyone can cel...I had some Christian upbringing. Everyone can celebrate Christmas regardless of faith. That is just silly. My husband's family are non-Christians and they celebrate most Christian Holidays.<br /><br />I have met more blasphemeous Christians than any other faith. I have been reluctant to bring my own child to any church because of the clickishness of the members.<br /><br />I recently met aA faithful reader...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-89203058198754051892009-12-13T08:16:40.500-08:002009-12-13T08:16:40.500-08:00My lapsed Catholic husband always thought it was w...My lapsed Catholic husband always thought it was weird that our family, at least when we first started going out, would celebrate Easter. Basically, it would provide another occasion for the siblings, spouses, and kids to get together with our parents, for a picnic. My sisters are big on decorating eggs and preparing Easter baskets, and they still do it for their now adult kids. <br />The Martha Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-61884980525521142192009-12-13T07:17:43.473-08:002009-12-13T07:17:43.473-08:00The biggest atheist I know had the most Christmas ...The biggest atheist I know had the most Christmas decorations of anyone I know and states that she celebrates Christmas as "the pagan holiday that it is"<br /><br />Since her attitude is always materially oriented, I would contend her goal is to extract as much wealth out of her relatives as possible via Christmas gifts, and has implied something like this so...<br /><br />people have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-36356164423677732272009-12-12T22:23:42.558-08:002009-12-12T22:23:42.558-08:00Let's keep Christ in Christmas, please. So if ...Let's keep Christ in Christmas, please. So if you're not Christian, it's kind of silly to celebrate it, unless you celebrate it like you do Halloween, Valentine's day etc, in which case it's understandable, if not simply succumbing to the great American marketing machine which pumps up all those other holidays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-35127568217265142882009-12-12T22:10:52.060-08:002009-12-12T22:10:52.060-08:00Read the Gospel of Luke in the Bible. Then decide ...Read the Gospel of Luke in the Bible. Then decide for yourself. The account of Jesus' life and the claims he made about himself are astonishing. The Bible is the most influential book in western civilization. It's amazing how many people have never read any of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-29756315055851040622009-12-12T21:18:53.920-08:002009-12-12T21:18:53.920-08:00I know a wide variety of people who celebrate Chri...I know a wide variety of people who celebrate Christmas: believers, non-believers, kinda-believers. The only folks I know that don't celebrate Christmas are Jehovah's Witnesses. Christmas has become as much a cultural holiday as it ever was a religious holiday. I figure that you don't need to believe in Jesus because Christmas gives us all the opportunity to open our eyes to what&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-16941823644439832562009-12-12T16:45:20.469-08:002009-12-12T16:45:20.469-08:00richard dawkins, arguably the most famous modern d...richard dawkins, arguably the most famous modern day atheist admits to non-religiously celebrating christmas because it is a part of the culture he is a part of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com