Christmas is a religious holiday. But what about those of us with no religious affiliation? I cannot easily say that I do not believe in God or Jesus Christ. However, I do have a hard time saying I do believe in God. But I don't want to give up Christmas. Over the years Christmas, for me, has taken on a different meaning.
The best part about the holidays is the weather. The cold, wet weather. Many people I know hate it, but I love it. It brings hot drinks, new sweaters, and we can finally dust off the fireplace. It just feels like the holidays when I can smell burning fireplaces while driving home at night, just like when I smell barbeques during the summer.
Christmas is much more to me than receiving gifts and getting things. It is about family. It is about talking to your grandmother who you have neglected for the past six months because you've been too busy. It's about spending time with your family as you struggle with decorations. It's about the ten hours you spend putting up lights, just to find out that none of them work. Priceless memories.
The whole town I live in seems to change around the holidays. Everyone is stressed out, but equally as friendly. There's always a smile on everyone's face. The look on childrens' faces when they see Santa Claus in the mall for the first time is absolutely priceless.
It is not a religious holiday to me. Perhaps it should be. Perhaps it is disrespectful of me to be so excited about a holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. But to me it is not a religious holiday anymore, it is a family holiday. No other holiday can bring my family together as quick as Christmas.
X-mas is like an excuse to waste our money and buy unnecessary things for other people.
The very fact that you still refer to it as "Christmas" is open to question.
"You are narrow-minded because you disagree with me."
For the past two years I have been an atheist. I decided that god doesn't exist after years of "research," going to church, reading the bible, learning about religion and history. Even though I don't believe in god or Jesus, or any of that, I still celebrate Christmas. It is fun and traditional, and who really celebrates Christmas for the right reasons these days anyway. I remember last year Christmas was on a Sunday and there were reports on the news of most churches in the area near where I live closing for Christmas morning. I find it so hypocritical that people who claim to be religious, have to shut down church on Sunday just because it's Christmas. If you think about it they should have had huge services to celebrate Jesus. A lot of the time people who pretend to be hard core Christians aren't. I don't know why the even bother to hid it and lie, to me it seems like that only makes them worse than if they would just admit that they aren't very active in church. Anyway my point is that it doesn't really matter if you don't really believe in god to celebrate Christmas, because most of the people who do "believe" are liars anyway.
i dont know what xmas is. i cant say easily i dont believe in god or w/e easily. to me xmas is just an xcuse to spend money and get out of school. i just treat xmas lyk a normal day. its not special or anything to me its just a day. so to a non-believer its either a free day or a regular day.
To me, Christmas and X-mas (I really hate that usage, but to each his own...) are two separate holidays. There is the secular "X-mas" which has been taken over by Hallmark and the mad rush to get little Jimmy the PERFECT Xbox game that he's definitely not old enough to play. And then there is Christmas. A religious holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus for Christians, and also, for those who are not Christian, celebrates a time to be with our families and be thankful for what we have. It's a time of happiness and joy, and frankly, as I've gotten older I've realized that while presents are fun and all, what I really want is to be able to spend time with people that I love and don't get to see very often.