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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are atheists and have a Christmas tree. [b]Christmas is mostly a cultural holiday[/b]. I know the religious people have some special attachment to it, but it's okay to not have any attachment but still engage in the merry making that goes along with it.

So we have a 9-ft tall tree, an ungodly amount of lights, ribbons, ornaments, and etc.

I take pride on having the best tree in the entire street. [/quote]

Actually, it is not. You're an atheist celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.[/quote]

No, you're actually a Christian celebrating a pagan Winter Solstice holiday.  The church moved the holiday after several centuries, sometime after the 3rd century, to December in order to attract pagans to the religion.  Most scholars believe Christ's actual birth to be somewhere from March to May, e.g. closer to Easter than to the current Christmas.  But with many pagans especially drawn to the  various celebrations of the solstices and equinoxes, e.g. seasonal events and the Church moved Christmas and the celebration of Christ's birth to compete with the Winter Solstice, while moving Easter or the celebration of Christ's rebirth to compete with the Vernal Equinox celebrations.  In fact, before the move, many Christians did not celebrate the birth of Christ.

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