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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
You have a good point there.
I don't really believe that Jesus is our saviour. I also don't celebrate christmas in the religious sense, and I don't celebrate the pagan winter solstice either. I suppose I celebrate the halmark holiday that it has become because I always have. It's really only out of tradition that I do this. In fact, I would be more than thrilled if my family wanted to stop altogether. Unfortunately they don't want to and I am obliged to spend this time of the year with them.
I don't go to church. I don't sing carols...nor do I sing Christmas related songs (perhaps I should put quotations marks around Christmas?) I put a tree up because the family wants it. Honestly I "celebrate" it out of tradition. It's nothing more than another holiday to me.
But I see your point.
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Ditto. As a Humanist I celebrate the season as a time of good joy, since it seems to bring that to so many people. Nothing more, nothing less.
Also, btw, my reference to Happy Solstice in an earlier post had nothing to do with paganism but rather the definition of winter solstice when the sun in at a point to define the onset of winter--usually around Dec. 22. Some people celebrate it as the birth of a new season of cleansing. So I hope no offense was taken by anyone.
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