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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why you can't have the secularized parts of Christmas at your house as a non-Christian.  I have Halloween and I am a non-pagan.  Why can't you have a tree, Santa, presents, make paper chains with your kids, drink eggnog, sing non-religious holiday songs (Jingle Bells, Here Comes Santa Claus), and watch Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on TV?  All of that stuff is just about Santa, having family time, and showing love by giving gifts, not about Jesus (you can tie it to Jesus if you want to, but you don't have to). [/quote]

Folks can do what they but CHRISTmas began as a religious holiday.  Op can't get mad that her in-laws wants to celebrate it that way.

[b]They should really make another name for folks who just want to get egg nog[/b] and sit around the tree exchanging gifts without acknowledging the religious aspect of it.  Those folks are celebrating something else and it's not Christmas. [/quote]

Amen. It's called "December 25".  By all means, drink some egg nog, but if you're not Christian, you're not celebrating Christmas. [/quote]

TRUE.   Maybe, they are celebrating the original holiday of Winter Solstice.  But if you are celebrating Christmas as a "Christian" holiday, you are celebrating a Pagan holiday that was just taken over by Christians in order to make it more appealing for people to convert (or be forced to convert) to Christianity.  There really is no "Christian aspect" to it. You can say it's about Christ all you want, it doesn't make if valid.  However, do what you want.  Celebrate when you want.  Make yourself happy. Give gifts and have a beautiful Christmas tree.  Celebrate with family.   But in realtiy, "Christmas" is not a Christian holiday.  In reality, it has absolutely nothing to do with "Christ" or the birth date of "Christ". -, an Atheist who celebrates Christmas because it's fun and nice to celebrate with family. [/quote]

Well put.  +10,000[/quote]

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