Do you celebrate Christmas?

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Do you celebrate Christmas?
I guess

they set up this gigantic Xmas tree in the park last year this dude Mike made the inside his own little tree apartment you can get power from the lights if you have a socket adapter
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VampireCoyote posted...
I guess

they set up this gigantic Xmas tree in the park last year this dude Mike made the inside his own little tree apartment you can get power from the lights if you have a socket adapter
Thats pretty cool. You get any pix of his tree bungalow?
I'm atheist, but I'm down with the non-religious side of Christmas with Santa and all that.

Plus it's cool seeing how all out or creative some people get with the decorations
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We use it as an excuse to have family gatherings and decorate. It's an entirely secular event with the exception of the inevitable religious lyric in some of the classic songs. O Holy Night is just a banger and the lyrical content I couldn't care less about.
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I'm atheist and anti-capitalist, so no. My family does celebrate the commercial version, with a few elders actually believing in Jesus, but as far as I'm involved it's just a family gathering with some gift giving. I don't partake in the exchange of gifts, but I do like spending time with family. Unfortunately, we kind of stopped a couple of years ago after the matriarch, my maternal grandmother, died. I also haven't done anything with my father's side of the family for over a decade.
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In the sense that I have dinner with my father. But I don't do decorations, gift exchange, spend time with the rest of my family, etc.
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The honest answer is sort of.
XenobladeX posted...
Thats pretty cool. You get any pix of his tree bungalow?

no but one of my friend girls wants to kick it and smoke there tonight

its like a festive teepee
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I at least I get me cats something.
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I'm agnostic, and I find secular people celebrating Christmas to be offensive.
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Minimally. Everyone has the day off so it's a good excuse for a family get together. Decorating, music, gifts and such can fuck right off, though.
There are four lights.
As a lifelong atheist Christmas is my favorite holiday.
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VampireCoyote posted...
no but one of my friend girls wants to kick it and smoke there tonight

its like a festive teepee
Lol. Sounds pretty dope.
OneEyedShinobi posted...
I at least I get me cats something.
Kittys are awesome. Does he let you pick him up and cuddle him whenever you want, or is he a more independent Kitty?

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XenobladeX posted...
Kittys are awesome. Does he let you pick him up and cuddle him whenever you want, or is he a more independent Kitty?

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He lets me pick him up. He is three but baby. He reaches out for uppies.

Here is his pic. His name is Copen. The tuxedo is his brother.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/cb15b8e9.jpg
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OneEyedShinobi posted...
He lets me pick him up. He is three but baby. He reaches out for uppies.

Here is his pic. His name is Copen. The tuxedo is his brother.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/cb15b8e9.jpg
I love them both! So cute!
To an extent. I do put up decorations, lights, a tree and I burn cinnamon scented candles.

But I am not Christian and we don't do gifts.
XenobladeX posted...
I love them both! So cute!
Thanks!
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Not a male in rl.
Meow! Cute cats!

Yes, we decorate a tree and put Christmas furnishings up inside the house, but we don't do outside lights/display. We Celebrate Christmas day with presents under a tree, and family in the area gathers to share a big Christmas dinner.
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If you spend more money in November and December than the rest of the year, congratulations, you celebrate Christmas.
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Zareth posted...
If you spend more money in November and December than the rest of the year, congratulations, you celebrate Christmas.

What if you're actually celebrating Chaka-khanika?

Kwanzaa?

Saturnalia?

The Winter Solstice?

Festivus?
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Zareth posted...
If you spend more money in November and December than the rest of the year, congratulations, you celebrate Christmas.
What if you're just taking advantage of deals for your own personal benefit? I almost never buy games at full price. For a thousand dollars, I can get a hundred retail games that would normally cost $60 each on average. I spend more money in late December than any other time of the year for that reason alone. If Christmas were to disappear, I would actually be satisfied. It's a shitty holiday. It has the highest number of suicides, it causes a lot of debt, it creates spoiled children, it puts stress on parents, and it gives people a cult-like mentally. If you don't understand the last one, just watch people's reaction after saying that you don't or won't celebrate it with your children. Most will judge you by calling you a bad parent for not lying to your children about Santa Claus and not spoiling your children with presents. Your children will also be bullied or pitied for having "bad" parents. If that's not a cult, I don't know what is.
I'm French speaking.
34/Male/Quebec
ParanoidObsessive posted...
What if you're actually celebrating Chaka-khanika?

Kwanzaa?

Saturnalia?

The Winter Solstice?

Festivus?
They're all Christmas.
What would Bligh do?
Accrovideogames posted...
What if you're just taking advantage of deals for your own personal benefit?
You're stimulating the economy, which is the entire point of Christmas.
What would Bligh do?
Zareth posted...
If you spend more money in November and December than the rest of the year, congratulations, you celebrate Christmas.

What if you spend it travelling to a country that doesnt really celebrate Christmas?
I'm not sure if you could call this celebrating. We put up the decorations, get together for dinner and to open gifts. I also send Christmas cards.
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I'm not religious, but celebrate American Christmas, aka capitalism, with some decoration and whatnot.
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Kinda. Just me and my mother this year. Last year we celebrated at my uncles house. It was nice.
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CyborgSage00x0 posted...
I'm not religious, but celebrate American Christmas, aka capitalism, with some decoration and whatnot.
This guy gets it.
What would Bligh do?
Zareth posted...
This guy gets it.

This guy moves the goalposts.
Christian, so I observe it. Will definitely try to get to Christmas Eve service, though live stream is available if I can't. I live alone but will likely have dinner with my parents and my brother at some nearby point. Gifts we don't do, my folks will likely have a tree up. I don't. Oh, company is going to have a Christmas dinner at some point too which I certainly mean to attend. Missed it last year as local buses chose that time to not show up, and I can't drive or walk far enough anymore to get to the train station on my own power.
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ItIsSoOver posted...
Of course.
Why would you not take 1 day out of your year to celebrate the birth of the savior of all mankind?
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What would Bligh do?
Not really. Alot of tragic stuff happened to my family around that time so they nly did for the kids benefit.
As we got older, it kinda faded. I still wanted to though and did for awhile separately, but now it's just another day.
I am not a Christian but everyone in my family celebrates it so I also celebrate it anyway, I just give gifts
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I do but don't so much as an adult.
I still see it as a perfect holiday. But shame I no longer see it in the eyes as a kid.
The reality is I am hard at work through the majority of the month and only can look forward to a little rest on Christmas day.

ItIsSoOver posted...
Why would you not take 1 day out of your year to celebrate the birth of the savior of all mankind?

There's a holiday celebrating the Emperor?

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Jewish Christian here. I celebrate the St. Nick Day after Hanukkah with my family first off. It is a time when we go out cooking recipes, having strong drinks and spending double time together. My favorite are Nativity decor with sweets and animals to mix in when shopping at the mall according to their own style.
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