Merry Christmas!

[tracilicious]

I'm not Christian, and we spent the day celebrating Christmas. Christmas doesn't have Christian origins, so I really have no problem removing the Jesus part that wasn't supposed to be there originally. I'm not pagan either though, so I guess we just do it because it's fun.

[Pirate Bill]

Merry Belated Christmas!

We had a really fun day. The kids didn't wake us up too early (got to "sleep in" until 7:30). We had fun opening presents and playing games with the kids all day. We watched some TV and relaxed in the afternoon. Then had a really nice Christmas dinner with my in-laws and played some more games.

We also got some snow around noon that stuck for a little while. Then the snow turned to rain, then back to snow again. So this morning there was a bit of ice on the roads. But no trouble driving to work.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

So I'm curious, what were all our non-christian friends up to on Christmas day? Did you really go for a movie and Chinese food? Did anyone get a bite at the zoo?

This Pagan celebrates Christmas (Yule).

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

we spent the day celebrating

So I'm not sure I follow you. If you take the Christ out of Christmas what exactly are you celebrating? The solstice? Pagan stuff? Family? Commercialism?

I know for me, while I toss all that devine son-of-God mumbo-jumbo right out the window I still celebrate the man and his message.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

So I'm not sure I follow you. If you take the Christ out of Christmas what exactly are you celebrating? The solstice? Pagan stuff? Family? Commercialism?

I know for me, while I toss all that devine son-of-God mumbo-jumbo right out the window I still celebrate the man and his message.

As a non-christian, to me Christmas is about family and tradition. It's a time to be with loved ones. IMO, you don't need to believe in Jesus for this.