I like Christmas, and celebrate it. For me; however, it has nothing to do with Christ.

I like it because people try to be nicer to each other. I like it because I get a little endorphin rush when I see somebody I care about happily opening a gift I gave them, but I also get that rush when I open something for me. I like it because it brings family and friends together.

What I dislike is that some people become more pious and prosthelytizing. Oh, and the shmoltzy movies. I can live without many of the shmoltzy movies.

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For me this holiday season is just another annoying phenomenon that should be accepted as such. Don't bother to make value judgements.

There are a lot of complaints about corporate greed at this time of the year. In fairness to all, it is called capitalising on ideas. And capitalising on an idea/holiday/event is what keeps the world's economies going. Just saying...

Well, as for this prophet/massiah/dead carpenter on a stick who was immaculately conceived (yeah right, explain that one to Joseph won't you Mary?) and was miraculously had his birthday not celebrated on it's actual date but precisely on an ancient Roman holiday called Juvinalia (A celebration of children whereupon they receive gifts from their elders, sound familiar?) Nuff said.

For myself, it's just a season like any other, there's no need to go crazy over it. I don't celebrate it at all and have always worked over Christmas time anyway, so it has no meaning to me whatsoever, I do like all the overtime pay though. See? Capitalising on an event/holiday. It keeps MY economy going.

Christmas is so much fun!! It's the most wonderful time of the year!

His name was just plain old Jesus.

Happy Festivus...........

I'm still close with my family and if the religious holiday season brings then joy, their joy makes me happy.
For me, I borrow a lot of things from the neo-pagans.
Putting the old year to bed, starting the new year fresh.

I am usually too busy with work to think about it. I enjoy what I can out of it--basically being with my kids and grand kids. Other than that, I just wait for it to be over.

I still like it. It makes me think how we used to aspire to universal brotherhood.

I love Christmas, having never believed in Christ, in the same way you love Christmas, having never believed in Santa.