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A Murder of Angels Captain
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 Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 8:11 pm
The title of this thread is just one of the many things I say as a non-christian to all my non-christian friends on this widely celebrated christian holiday. Other such phrases I use are: "Happy Non-Denominational Sunday afternoon in December" or "Joyous hyper-comercialized winter sales period!"
These phrases basically sum up how I view Christmas. Yes, I do celebrate it, but the things our family does has no religious meaning behind it. It's simply family tradition. If Christmas weren't fun, I wouldn't participate. I mean hey, I'm not Christian, but I don't wanna miss out on the festivities!
So my question is: What does religious meaning does Christmas have for you, if any, and if not (or even if so), what do you do on Christmas?
PS- I wish you all happy holidays, be they religious or secular. ^_^
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:46 am
I like Christmas because for one day out of 365 people aren't being absolute assholes to each other. Its kinda nice.
As far as religious meaning goes, I'm not sure. I just like that it represents peace and love and all that good stuff. ^__^ I just spend time with family and friends on Christmas.
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:28 pm
it doesn't mean much to me. i celebrated it with my girlfriend and her family this year and it was nice. in my family, my parents just give me and my brother money, usually before Christmas so we can by presents for friends that might be buying us stuff. and we don't usually give anything to my parents.
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:58 pm
Hannukah is still Hannukah, and I'm not Jewish. If I meet someone who doesn't have my skin color, I don't say to them "Hello, other-skinned creature" I call them their names. It isn't about religion. Names are names.
And if nothing else, just call it Christmas (or Hannukah) out of respect for who do celebrate it. That's what this guild is about anyway, isn't it?
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:08 pm
Mercution Hannukah is still Hannukah, and I'm not Jewish. If I meet someone who doesn't have my skin color, I don't say to them "Hello, other-skinned creature" I call them their names. It isn't about religion. Names are names. And if nothing else, just call it Christmas (or Hannukah) out of respect for who do celebrate it. That's what this guild is about anyway, isn't it? i can agree with that.
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:41 am
What does Christmas mean to me?
Did you know that historically, Christmas was a day of fasting? And that just like the 40 days of Lent, there were 40 days of Advent to meditate and pray about the coming anniversary of the birth of Christ? (Keeping in mind that historically, the whole "but Jesus wasn't born on December 25th!" thing wasn't an issue.)
Christmas for me is a time with family, true. A time to hope that my mother liked the gift I bought her and a time to share traditions. But Christmas is also a time for me to contemplate my faith, and the hope, joy, peace, and love I am granted. It is a time of wonder and excitement and awe as I contemplate the works of G*d. Which is probably why my favorite Christmas carol is "I Wonder As I Wander."
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:05 pm
As much as I agree with your idea of just calling things by their names, I do so enjoy wishing my friends a "Merry Christmas, or, if you do not celebrate Christmas, have a thoroughly enjoyable, but not altogether special December the 25th."
I honestly wouldn't celebrate it if my family didn't.
I find it to be one of the hardest times of the year, especially now that I am no longer of an age where I can get away with not giving people christmas gifts. It never seems to be enough, and it never actually is the thought that counts.
At any rate, though, I'm not generally a fun person to be around for the first 25 days of December, as the selfish b*****d in me attempts so very hard to alienate myself from all my friends so that I don't have to buy them gifts.
The main reason I don't believe in Hell is because I'm headed straight for it.
Great. Now I'm going to have "I wonder as I wander" stuck in my head all night, and I only know the first stanza... line... the first five words...
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