So it's Christmas time, I am frantically trying to get together Christmas gifts, prepare for lunch (making a tiramisu) and convince my partner that it will be fun to be among my sisters three bouncy children while they explore their new toys.
I completely reject the existence of God and yet I celebrate a holiday associated with the birth of Jesus. I must have something messed up somewhere? Probably. Keep in mind that I also deny completely the existence of Santa.
I don't celebrate Christmas because its the day that has been designated as Jesus' birth date. In my family Christmas is a time for family, gifts (being the consumer focused time it is), food and alcohol. Precisely in that order. I have a fulfilling time and so does the rest of my family.
So I will be celebrating Christmas - but not in the religious sense. I'm not going to re name it, re label it or call it Xmas because I am intelligent enough to recognise its source. It is a religious holiday and sacred to many. But for me another day, another very expensive, fattening day.
Merry Christmas everyone! No matter how you celebrate it!
"Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity" Don Culpitt
I completely reject the existence of God and yet I celebrate a holiday associated with the birth of Jesus. I must have something messed up somewhere? Probably. Keep in mind that I also deny completely the existence of Santa.
I don't celebrate Christmas because its the day that has been designated as Jesus' birth date. In my family Christmas is a time for family, gifts (being the consumer focused time it is), food and alcohol. Precisely in that order. I have a fulfilling time and so does the rest of my family.
So I will be celebrating Christmas - but not in the religious sense. I'm not going to re name it, re label it or call it Xmas because I am intelligent enough to recognise its source. It is a religious holiday and sacred to many. But for me another day, another very expensive, fattening day.
Merry Christmas everyone! No matter how you celebrate it!
"Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity" Don Culpitt
See, now...this is how ya do it.
ReplyDeleteLike you, I am an atheist who celebrates Christmas pretty much straight-up (not re-named, etc.) and as a day for togetherness, food, gifts and relaxation.
All things that improve the human condition.
So I'm totally with you on these statements and sentiments (except I don't drink alcohol). It's a convenient day for the aforementioned good things, I have the day off anyway and, in the Northern Hemisphere at least, it's a nice way to say "FUCK YOU" to Winter.
Which, by the way, is a much more rational and obvious origin for Christmas than the birth of a desert godling.
So...Merry Christmas and Happy Wrestl-- no, wait. BOXING Day!
Ha Ha! Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteLoved reading you're blog. I look forward to more posts in the future
Alcohol is fun, but there is a reason I left it last :P
I hope you have a great Christmas!