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[quote=Anonymous]If you're getting hung up on the "Christ" in Christmas, and getting wound up about non-Christians celebrating on Dec. 25, then I assume you're like the SIL/BIL of the OP and you have no Christmas tree, holly or mistletoe (since those are all druidic symbols), you don't have any Santa Claus paraphernalia, since he has nothing to do with the celebration of Christ, etc., etc.

Same with Easter. If you buy into any of the bunny stuff, eggs, etc., you're not celebrating the Christian holiday, you're celebrating in a pagan manner.

If you do any of that, then you've kinda forfeited the right to get all uppity about how anyone else celebrates the holiday, because you're not being pure about it, either.

It's kinda like the joke about the guy who goes up to a woman in a bar and says, "Would you sleep with me for a $1M?" When she says she might, he says, "Would you sleep with me for $100?" To which she responds, "What kind of woman do you think I am?" And he says, "We've already established that, we're just working on the price now."

As an atheist, I love the magic of Christmas for kids. I love the parties, the joy, the shared events, and the spirit of giving that infuses the season. My children will get a Christmas tree, they will sing Christmas carols, and they'll participate in all the festivities of the season. And it will be magical for them, they will love it and be happy.

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