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Originally posted by Dottore
You lost me here. It takes guts not to celebrate a holiday? Holy crap!
Christmas IS a holiday whether I like it or not. Actually I like it. And on holidays, I usually get together with friends and celebrate. Christ and when he was born - or not - has zero to do with this. But it has everything to do with good friends and good food and wine. It could be Santa Clause's birthday for all I care.
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Its a Christian adaptation of a Pagen holiday. Its widespead accepted definition of the holiday is Christs Birthday. I am aware the Catholic Church took the Solstice Holiday of the Sun God on Dec. 25th and turned it into the birth of the Son of God to help keep followers in church and not chasing after fun pagen holidays. Hmmmm. I see some irony here.
Twist it any way you want to make it work for you but in the end it is a Christian Celebration of Christs Birthday.
I do not believe it is the right date and Christ never celebrated his birthday as far a biblical doctrine goes, the only recorded mention of birthday celebrations were those of Pagan worshipers. Furthermore Christ instructed his followers to memorialize his death not his birth, bacause biblical doctrine puts more emphesis on his sacrifuce not his birth.
Like I said, make it whatever you want to turn it into so you can partake in the fun but in the end its the Christian Celebration of Christs Birth. It does not seem like something a Pagen who does not believe in god would want to partake in.
Maybe take up worshiping the Sun God?