Epicmafia

deletedover 8 years

I'll take the bait. I personally was raised Christian, though I don't identify with any one religion currently. As Jimbei said, anymore Christmas is commercialized with barely any meaning towards it anymore.

Though I don't identify completely with the Christian religion, I still celebrate Christmas and believe it is a very special and important holiday in its own right. Most Christians in this current day and age do not even celebrate it because of their religion but rather because "presents and family".

I celebrate it because I find it a wonderful time to reconnect with people I have not seen in a long time and because I also feel like it's a great season to go out of my way to do things I usually wouldn't do. Ex. make people gifts, physically show my care, donate more than usual, be able to be in a cheery spirit to try to bring others into one as well.

I see it as much more than just a holiday centered around a religion, because yes the western world has made it that way but people will always adapt things to fit them and that will be that way forever. Instead of being negative about the situation, why not be cheery and extra nice and helpful during the holiday season? I don't think it's correct to shun people out of one thing or another just because they have adapted it and don't share the same ideals as you.

Christopherzilla

over 8 years

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tigermom

over 8 years

OhLookACat says

tigermom says

OhLookACat says

Is this a joke thread?

What makes you think that?

well, I don't want to be rude, but the conclusions you draw seem deliberately inflammatory. :/

One may assume that but I posted them to see what people think of it. These were just thoughts that arose a couple of days ago and I thought I'd share it here for someone to debunk them I guess. I was also interested in how people from different kinds of cultures (that is, countries) see this problem.

Christopherzilla

over 8 years

tigermom says