We celebrate Xmas (Not Christmas, that's a Christian thing ) - just the "magical" side of things. I get annoyed when Christians say I'm not allowed to because I'm not doing it for the reasons they are. I even intentionally write "Xmas" to differentiate. I'm not celebrating the birth of a fictional character (If I wanted to do that I'd be chucking a party on July 31st for Harry Potter's birthday ) but I am celebrating the things that that time of year has come to signify - togetherness, love, gift-giving... I just happen to do it on the 25th of December because that's when the majority of people do it and it would confuse them if I did it differently. I don't believe in any of that Christian stuff, but I'll participate anyway because of the feelings it creates. Hell, my favourite traditional Xmas song is "Silent Night" - I don't believe it's true, but it's a nice story...
Grrr, I'm rambling too, I hope I've gotten across what I mean Xmas is my favourite time of year, but not for religious reasons t all.
ETA: Marydean said it a LOT better than me in less words
Last edited by TeniBear; July 3rd, 2010 at 04:03 PM.
) - just the "magical" side of things. I get annoyed when Christians say I'm not allowed to because I'm not doing it for the reasons they are. I even intentionally write "Xmas" to differentiate. I'm not celebrating the birth of a fictional character (If I wanted to do that I'd be chucking a party on July 31st for Harry Potter's birthday
) but I am celebrating the things that that time of year has come to signify - togetherness, love, gift-giving... I just happen to do it on the 25th of December because that's when the majority of people do it and it would confuse them if I did it differently. I don't believe in any of that Christian stuff, but I'll participate anyway because of the feelings it creates. Hell, my favourite traditional Xmas song is "Silent Night" - I don't believe it's true, but it's a nice story...
Xmas is my favourite time of year, but not for religious reasons t all.
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