A Sincere Question about Secular Christmas

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t read this whole thread, but I get what OP is talking about. We are Catholic, and my teenagers have been getting more devout as they have been getting older. They want to celebrate Christmas only as a religious holiday between Christmas and the epiphany. We’ve been trying to do this as a family the last couple of years, but it’s really hard to opt out.

It's hard to say no to all those invitations you're receiving?

No. It’s hard to not put up lights and a tree and bake cookies and go shopping and give gifts until Christmas. There is a huge cultural push to do these things in December.

Ironically, it’s just as culturally abnormal to do them during the actual liturgical Christmas season. Secular Christmas is over by NYE.

Why can’t you bring in the tree on the first Sunday in Advent? Isn’t there a tradition of Hanging of the Greens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t read this whole thread, but I get what OP is talking about. We are Catholic, and my teenagers have been getting more devout as they have been getting older. They want to celebrate Christmas only as a religious holiday between Christmas and the epiphany. We’ve been trying to do this as a family the last couple of years, but it’s really hard to opt out.

It's hard to say no to all those invitations you're receiving?

No. It’s hard to not put up lights and a tree and bake cookies and go shopping and give gifts until Christmas. There is a huge cultural push to do these things in December.

Ironically, it’s just as culturally abnormal to do them during the actual liturgical Christmas season. Secular Christmas is over by NYE.

Why can’t you bring in the tree on the first Sunday in Advent? Isn’t there a tradition of Hanging of the Greens?

Or give gifts in St Nicholas day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t read this whole thread, but I get what OP is talking about. We are Catholic, and my teenagers have been getting more devout as they have been getting older. They want to celebrate Christmas only as a religious holiday between Christmas and the epiphany. We’ve been trying to do this as a family the last couple of years, but it’s really hard to opt out.

It's hard to say no to all those invitations you're receiving?

No. It’s hard to not put up lights and a tree and bake cookies and go shopping and give gifts until Christmas. There is a huge cultural push to do these things in December.

Ironically, it’s just as culturally abnormal to do them during the actual liturgical Christmas season. Secular Christmas is over by NYE.

Why can’t you bring in the tree on the first Sunday in Advent? Isn’t there a tradition of Hanging of the Greens?

Or give gifts in St Nicholas day?

You can. You can do whatever you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure who your target audience is. I've literally never met anyone like this, with the "insisting".

Nor who you are. Are you an immigrant? Maybe someone was encouraging you to engage in the culture???