What Version of Christmas do you Celebrate

[Moorish guy]

Which version of Christmas If any do you celebrate

[Helm]

The atheist Christmas.

[Ishoss]

The atheist/traditional Christmas.

[Strelok]

Appreciation for any family and friends I have, try to make a nice turkey/chicken dinner (or go to friends place that makes one), attempt to give out Christmas gifts (hoping that they appreciate the thought the most) and hope to recieve some gifts in return.

Overall it's a time for family, food and gifts, for me.

I bought a $20 Christmas tree, it's small, but it comes with nice lights and I put some excess decorations on it and it's very cute, much better than having a gigantic tree that costs 2/8th of my paycheck.

That's my Atheist Christmas

[Dr Zoidberg]

Appreciation for any family and friends I have, try to make a nice turkey/chicken dinner (or go to friends place that makes one), attempt to give out Christmas gifts (hoping that they appreciate the thought the most) and hope to recieve some gifts in return.

Overall it's a time for family, food and gifts, for me.

This. Pretty much sums up my Christmas.

[Niles Crane]

Appreciation for any family and friends I have, try to make a nice turkey/chicken dinner (or go to friends place that makes one), attempt to give out Christmas gifts (hoping that they appreciate the thought the most) and hope to recieve some gifts in return.

Overall it's a time for family, food and gifts, for me.

I bought a $20 Christmas tree, it's small, but it comes with nice lights and I put some excess decorations on it and it's very cute, much better than having a gigantic tree that costs 2/8th of my paycheck.

That's my Atheist Christmas

This. With the exception that my tree is probably much larger than yours.

[Helm]

Commercial Christmas my ass.

[Copperknickers II]

I go to the cathedral for morning mass, then i open presents and have christmas lunch or dinner and watch tv or dvds.

My family is not religious, but its tradition to go to church.

[MaximiIian]

Which version of Christmas If any do you celebrate

Neither the "commercial" or the "church" version. As a polytheist, I cannot celebrate the religious observation of Christmas; and I don't really like commercialism, so I wouldn't say that I celebrate a "commercial" holiday, though commerce is certainly a part of the Christmas period.

I celebrate the secular, national holiday called Christmas which emphasises family, togetherness, community, and goodwill.
No religious or commercial strings attached.

[blackwatersix]

I went to Mass at dawn, then celebrated the commercial part with extended family. Gift-giving, whole-day feasting and bonding time.

*Commercial part is defined the buying of gifts, spending, etc, as these are commercial activities.

[Doctor]

I went to Mass at dawn, then celebrated the commercial part with extended family. Gift-giving, whole-day feasting and bonding time.

*Commercial part is defined the buying of gifts, spending, etc, as these are commercial activities.

That about sums it up for me except afternoon Mass on Christmas Eve and then gifts and gluttony....

[Tiberius Tosi]

Commercial and religious.

Although this year the commercial side sucked (I couldn't find anything for "santa" to buy me [me buy for myself lol], not getting many gifts this year).

[Arch-hereticK]

I celebrate the actual christmas.

[The Dude]

I celebrate the christmas that involves eating nice food three nights in a row.

Beyond that I don't really care what its called. All I know is that if Jesus was never born, we wouldn't be killing so many animals for mass consumption every december 8D I blame Jesus for the greedy and needless ending of millions of animal's lives every year.

[DekuTrash]

This is how it's been for awhile-

-Dinner party with family and friends
-Midnight mass
-In the morning we open up presents
-Head out and visit other family members for presents

[Copperknickers II]

I celebrate the christmas that involves eating nice food three nights in a row.

Beyond that I don't really care what its called. All I know is that if Jesus was never born, we wouldn't be killing so many animals for mass consumption every december 8D I blame Jesus for the greedy and needless ending of millions of animal's lives every year.

Most people have meat most nights anyway, the only thing that changes is that we have turkeys instead of smaller chickens and fish, or bigger cows and pigs.

[Gromovnik]

I celebrate the rebirth of the Sun.

[MaximiIian]

I celebrate the rebirth of the Sun.

This, too. But I don't do so on Christmas, since Yule (at least my religion's iteration of it) is traditionally celebrated on the 21st of December.
The twenty-fifth is Christmas, and I maintain it as a separate, non-religious holiday from Yule. Because it, you know, is.

[Claudius Gothicus]

This, too. But I don't do so on Christmas, since Yule (at least my religion's iteration of it) is traditionally celebrated on the 21st of December.
The twenty-fifth is Christmas, and I maintain it as a separate, non-religious holiday from Yule. Because it, you know, is.

On the other hand romans celebrated their own version of the solstice in the 25th.

Just like Christians would do later.

[MaximiIian]

On the other hand romans celebrated their own version of the solstice in the 25th.

Just like Christians would do later.

So? The Christians in the Roman Empire were, surprising as it might be to you, heavily influenced by Roman culture. So it stands to reason that they'd put their winter holiday on the same date as the Roman winter festival. And they later accrued other cultural customs from across Europe.

Doesn't mean that they are the same festival. You can celebrate Yule and Christmas separately, for example.