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Actually, I do.  I don't even have my house decorated for Christmas yet. We are currently celebrating Advent and then we start celebrating Christmas on the 24th.  And you don't know me but I am one of the least commercialized Christmas celebraters ever -- my 5yo DD has never even seen Santa and this is the first year we are even doing Santa for her b/c we were waiting until she finally clued in to who he is, b/c of kids at school.   And I bought her gifts at second hand stores and am one of the most vociferous posters on here about avoiding commecialism, not just at Christmas time.  We also don't have a TV so that helps:  she never sees commercials, so she doesn't know what she doesn't have.  So, yeah, you probably hate me. That's ok, people hated Jesus too.  :)  If He couldn't convince them, and He was God, imagine how small my chances are of convincing you here, an anonymous poster on a parenting message board!  :)[/quote]

Hey, you sound like me except I'm atheist.  We do Christmas in that we give the kids a couple of little gifts, decorate just a bit, and spend time together.  We also don't have a TV and don't spend any time talking about what we want for Christmas or making lists or looking through advertisements of toys.  You sound awfully smug about your lack of consumerism.  Don't feel bad, I'm smug myself.  But isn't part of being Christian that you're supposed to be non-judgmental? [/quote]

Sorry it came across as smug.  It is hard to describe your lifestyle here on a website and, when put all down in words all in one place, it does come across as smug, but I was simply intending it as informational, o reply to the first pp. [/quote]

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