I have 3 grown children that are agnostic or atheist. We still use the Holidays as excuses to get together, eat good food, enjoy a drink and each others company. We just don't celebrate the associated religious aspects of the day.

My family is very diverse. We have a Jew, a Buddhist, my daughter and I are Pagan, and the rest of the family is Christian. We called Christmas the Judeo/Pagan/ Christian gift exchange orgy and feast. We had great celebrations and no one mentioned religion.

Just another lovely day , to me.

I don't participate. If I'm somewhere that they begin prayer I don't knod, hold hands, or close my eyes. If possible I'll leave the room.

I am always good for a feast and conviviality as long as the prayers are short and I am not saying them

Without wanting to be pointed, but that is such an American question to ask. In Australia, we generally take the four day long weekend and head down to the coast. Or binge watch Netflix. Apart from the fringe, the question is not do we boycott - rather, it's can we be bothered. Religion is not a presence, it's an absence here. But I do get cultural differences - and, clearly, the US is a very churchy going country.

I just usually try to mind my own business and just treat them as any other day of the week. I don't care if other people celebrate them so long as they aren't all in your face about it. Certain holidays like Easter I get a good chuckle out of because it's easy to make fun of and I do enjoy holiday memes.

I go to these family holidays, and I'll avoid taking part in any religious traditions or prayers, but I do enjoy the time I get with my family.

For me, a holiday is a day off of work. Nobody in my (small) family prays. Religion is a non-issue.

I treat them the same as I always did. I was with my family for Easter today. They put on the dopey Jesus Of Nazerath movie in the other room and me and my kids just rolled our eyes and continued having fun with everyone as we always do. It doesn't impact us at all. Of course it helps that my family isn't very religious, thankfully.

I actually enjoy the holidays as it gives me an excuse to stay home and do some work around the house. I do not watch anything that is on TV but I will watch some movies on Netflix.

It's a festive season that's based on pagan rituals that Christianity hijacked in order to convert more people. I think the holidays are great and keep the religious aspect out it as much as possible. Axial tilt is the reason for the season.

Proslytizing your atheism can be as annoying as any other form of proslytizing, so I just generally dummy up around religious people = as long as they don't get pushy with their beliefs. I try to hang with others of my unbelieving ilk and then we make fun of religion.

I love pointing out the Pagan ritual history of Christian holidays to conservative family members, frequently and loudly.

I will use any excuse to join to any party or celebration, I am trying not to speak about beliefs or religions but I have to make some jokes about the Jesus, church etc.

I don't generally celebrate. I've been known to go out with friends if invited. They all know I'm an atheist, so there are no religious connotations involved.

I married a cultural Jew and so I have attended many Jewish holiday meals. All were about family and food with a nod to religion.

I must admit that my favourite moment was the time I was given a Passover Haggidah with phonetic Hebrew in it. When it came to my turn to read a passage, I used the phonetic Hebrew and everyone gaped in disbelief that I knew Hebrew. The laughter that followed when my ruse was discovered lasted a long time and was enjoyed by all. I have no idea what I read, but the universe continued without interruption.

My family was Christian, but, again, most holidays were about food, family, and fun.

When my daughter was in elementary school, she was included in a Christian Christmas concert. When I asked her what she thought the Nativity story was about, she replied that it was a neat story about a baby who would grow up to promote peace in the world. Religion had nothing to do with it.

Sometimes, I think we overreact to ordinary people exercising their culture, often for positive purposes.

For me it is a bit more complicated than for most people because the holidays for me is not really about religion (since I got nothing out of it that way) it is about the companionship. But it is also very much about the food, and alcohol because that is what social activities people primarily engage in during the holidays.

The food aspect is the most difficult because I had weight loss surgery three years ago and lost 150lbs. The post op diet restricts us from eating a lot of sugar and carbs and also drinking a lot of alcohol if we intend to keep the weight off. Being of Jewish cultural descent makes that extremely difficult as the cuisines are heavily carb focused. Some people who have had the surgeries are able to attend festivities during holiday seasons where these foods are being served en masse without it bothering them but I am not one of those people. It creates anxiety and anger and frustration. And when I do give in and eat it, I get very sick because I overdo it and my body can no longer handle it. So lately I avoid all festivities like this. It creates stress. It’s something I am going to have to work on for the rest of my life.

Although both of my parents were raised in different religions, neither of them were practiced in our home when I was growing up. We never attended any church and neither of my parents attempted to provide any spiritual guidance. We celebrated Xmas in the commercial way with a tree, gifts, sometimes we would connect with the larger family (my dad had two brothers and everyone was in the same area) and have a much larger gathering/gift exch. Easter was for hunting for the hidden easter baskets (I have two siblings). After I grew up and had my own family, easter was typically celebrated by going out to brunch (and no, nobody said grace, LOL!).

I do my own thing any time really