Will you be celebrating Christmas? (The birth of Jesus Christ)

Cartouche

I am not very religious myself

theteal

xmas init

Surreptitious

I will be.

JPCN1

Yes.

Seth Brundle

Eh? What has Jesus got to do with Christmas?

Fleawuss

I'm not racist but....
I'm not very religious but....
Im gay but I'm asking about a religion that condemns me.....


I'll be celebrating the dead of winter, the turning of the year and the people who mattter to me.

CINCLANTFLT

I celebrate it in September which is JC's real birthday! Shepherds up a hill in December... 4 days after the solistoce... yer avin a lad!

kneemos

He got me nothing for mine,sooo....

osarusan

No, but I will be celebrating the birth of Santa.

matchthis

I hear your an atheist now father

Osmosis Jones

Christmas and what it represents now is about as Christian as Halloween is Pagan.

stimpson

osarusan wrote: »

No, but I will be celebrating the birth of Santa.

It's spelled Satan.

RiderOnTheStorm

Yes, I love Christmas and will defo celebrate the birth of Jesus.

PS He prob wasnt born in December as the story tells us the shepherds were still out guarding their flock.... But hey, one date is as good as another to celebrate!

Fleawuss wrote:

.... Im gay but I'm asking about a religion that condemns me.....

Its man made religion that has a downer on gays. Jesus loves everyone :-)

RiderOnTheStorm

stimpson wrote:

It's spelled Satan.

Oh this is a fav topic of mine!

Santa / Satan.... Just anagrams of each other.
St Nick / Old Nick... ??
Red is their signature colour.
And.... Never seen in the same place at the same time!!

Fleawuss

RiderOnTheStorm wrote: »

Yes, I love Christmas and will defo celebrate the birth of Jesus.

PS He prob wasnt born in December as the story tells us the shepherds were still out guarding their flock.... But hey, one date is as good as another to celebrate!



Its man made religion that has a downer on gays. Jesus loves everyone :-)

LOL.

Tom Mann Centuria

stimpson wrote: »

It's spelled Satan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBA6ev5HMe4

Arcade_Tryer

I celebrate Christmas for the very simple reason that it symbolises the triumph of consumerism over religion. Truly magical.

I don't celebrate the religious thing as I'm agnostic, but I will probably escort my Grandmother to church because it's important to her and my being with her makes her happy.

For me it's all about being together with family, but I know the other aspects are important to others and I try be respectful of that within reason.

Lucyfur

I'm celebrating Santa.

OMG SANTA!!

The flying mouse

I don't know what I am , So I will just go with the flow where ever I am at.

Richard Hillman

Yes. Despite not being religious, I am eternally grateful to Christianity for the defence of Europe from Islam.

conditioned games

RiderOnTheStorm wrote: »

Its man made religion that has a downer on gays. Jesus loves everyone :-)

He'd hardly love gays, that is just wrong wrong.

Arcade_Tryer

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Yes. Despite not being religious, I am eternally grateful to Christianity for the defence of Europe from Islam.

Can you translate that into logic?

Timberrrrrrrr

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Yes. Despite not being religious, I am eternally grateful to Christianity for the defence of Europe from Islam.

How is Christianity "defending Europe from islam"?

The_Valeyard

kbannon wrote: »

Eh? What has Jesus got to do with Christmas?

He died saving Santa from Iraqi terrorists.

henryporter

I'll be celebrating Yule - big fire, a gallon of mead and thanking the Gods for the days getting longer (after the traditional Willie Wonka watching that is)

andekwarhola

Cartouche wrote: »

I am not very religious myself

Have a tinsel-bedecked medal.

Comhrá

Will you be celebrating Christmas? (The birth of Jesus Christ)

I will. Old-school here but everyone to their own so hope all have a good one regardless.

RustyNut

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Jesus loves everyone :-)[/quote]

Except gays, protestants and left handed people. A christian brother told me that in school, must be true..

Spanish Eyes

No...sorry to be such a pain, but I don't "celebrate" consumerism gone mad. Neither am I religious, but respect those who are just the same.

I just let it flow over me, and celebrate on the 2nd January that it's all over again for another fekkin year.

It is just ridiculous. The car parks are full, Public Transport is heaving, it's a frenzy.

I must be a bit odd (obviously!), but I just don't understand it all just now.

If you must be consumerist, buy yer stuff in September. But wait!, the Hatchimals or whatever the latest thing is would not be available then. Drip, drip, then mad dashes to Smyths by the bewildered.

So yes.... BAH HUMBUG. But no one cares once the 25th is over really.

murpho999

Not religious so just enjoy the break, music, food and atmosphere.

Grayson

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Yes. Despite not being religious, I am eternally grateful to Christianity for the defence of Europe from Islam.

You forgot that they also defended us from the Jews too.

RobertKK

Yes, Christmas is about the family as seen in a crib with Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus.
People should celebrate their family if not religious.
Then Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus is suppose to be buried in Kilkenny...because of Muslims as his body is suppose to have been brought to Ireland by the French who saw Ireland as a safe location.
All that said...I am unintentionally environmentally friendly as I can't be bothered decorating for Christmas.

dav3

Merry holidays...

Pherekydes

Yes, I celebrate the festival of light, gift-giving and feasting that is midwinter. After all, we've been celebrating the winter solstice for far longer than Christianity has existed.

April or September are more likely dates for the birth of the possibly real historical person, Jesus Christ.

Axial Tilt is the reason for the season!

lertsnim

I've not celebrated the birth of Jesus for a long time.

The_Valeyard

lertsnim wrote: »

I've not celebrated the birth of Jesus for a long time.

Good for you. Have a Gold star to celebrate your achievement.

Cartouche

As I said I am not really religious but If Jesus was around today I wonder what he would make of Christmas. He probably wouldn't be too into the capitalism and greed aspect of it. Some people are struggling just to keep going financially and they have this annual ritual which seems to be designed to make people spend money. I guess in the old days there wasn't as much expected
Of course the whole idea of family and giving is great and a good thing which should be encouraged

dmc17

kbannon wrote: »

Eh? What has Jesus got to do with Christmas?

He was a big fan of it. Even named himself after it

billyhead

I will be celebrating christmas in the way the OP put it i.e birth of christ as I practice my religion. Each to their own and all that but I just find it so commercialized its a joke. All for one day. Cant wait for the turn of the year and the days starting to get longer

Cortina_MK_IV

I've not celebrated the birth of Jesus since I was released from that Mexican prison.

Olishi4

No i didnt grow up in a house with religion so Christmas was always more about spending time with friends and family. I recall attending midnight mass once at Christmas with my granny.

For a while as a child, i had a phase where i was quite religious, probably more influenced by school but it was a positive thing for me personally at the time.

lertsnim

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Good for you. Have a Gold star to celebrate your achievement.

Does my answering of the question posed in the thread title upset you? Poor ickle baby.

The_Valeyard

lertsnim wrote: »

Does my answering of the question posed in the thread title upset you? Poor ickle baby.

Now who sounds upset.

lertsnim

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Now who sounds upset.

You've upset me greatly. Well done.

RayM

I'll be celebrating Jesus' birthday by eating lots of food, having petty arguments with my siblings about their cracker-pulling methods and watching the hour-long EastEnders misery-fest.

I'm not religious, but I usually watch midnight mass on RTE on Christmas Eve. It brings back nice memories.

Permabear

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mojesius

I'll be drinking earlier than usual without other people's judgement. That's about it.

uch

...,.

pragmatic1

Nah. I will celebrate the end of this bastard of a year though.

TheBiz

I'll be celebrating finishing my xmas exams, not passing them but just the fact that I've a month or so of sweet feck all to do!