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Atheists can celebrate Christmas. To them, it is more of a tradition, and atheists do value traditions. Most people do not need religion, a god, or jesus to value the gift of giving and to value spending time with family.
Furthermore, "There were festivals and celebrations at the time of the winter solstice long before there was a Christian church, for a couple of centuries at least before Jesus may have
Answer2: Christmas supposedly commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, and nearly every religion that claims to be Christian celebrates it. Yet, there is no evidence that the first-century disciples of Jesus observed such a holiday. The book Sacred Origins of Profound Things states: "For two centuries after Christ's birth, no one knew, and few people cared, exactly when he was born." So then if one is not a believer in God or Christ why celebrate Christmas. For this matter ones can give gifts all year long and draw close to family without it being on Christmas.
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Atheists can and do celebrate at Christmastime but they are not necessarily celebrating Christmas.
Early Christian church leaders set Christian holy days over days that had been celebrated by pagans long before the advent of Christianity. Christmas was laid over the time of the pagan celebration of the Solstice which was celebrated for thousands of years before the birth of Christ. The ancient pagans were celebrating the return of the light following the longest and darkest night of the year.
Many of the traditions associated with Christmas were adapted from pagan traditions. In northern Europe, many other traditions that we now consider part of Christian worship were begun long before the participants had ever heard of Christ. The pagans of northern Europe celebrated their own winter solstice tradition known as Yule. Yule was symbolic of the birth of the pagan Sun God, Mithras, and was observed on the shortest day of the year. As the Sun God grew and matured, the days became longer and warmer. It was customary to light a candle to encourage Mithras, and the sun, to reappear next year. The word Yule itself means "wheel," the wheel being a pagan symbol for the sun. The modern traditions of the most important Christian holiday- Christmas- are rooted in these ancient pagan traditions.
Christians do celebrate Christmas every year. Christmas is the yearly celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas is on December 25.
Atheist do not believe in the existence of God. Xmas is another name for Christmas which is about the birth of Christ Jesus, God in human form. Only Christians celebrate Xmas/Christmas.
celebrating any holiday is a personal choice. There are no rules saying Atheist's cannot celebrate it, but most do not seeing ad they don't believe in god
they celebrate Christmas but not in a religious way.
Of course other people can celebrate christmas. Christmas is a tradition, and it is more and more celebrated by christians and atheists alike. Christmas has become much more of a family thing as opposed to a religious thing.
Christians do celebrate Christmas Indian Muslim ANSWER Jehovah's Witnesses is a Christian denomination that does not celebrate Christmas.
Out of respect and conformity. Most Atheists don't try to convert people into atheists - they just want to be respected and for the world to know that they exist and shouldn't be disrespected. To show respect for others' holiday, we say Merry Christmas and truly wish people who do celebrate it have a joyous day of Dec. 25th.
Do we celebrate thanks on christmas?
Christian Celebrate Christmas...
Since an atheist is only the position of unacceptance of god claims, they would celebrate like anyone else, such as cookouts, birthdays, Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, and even Christmas since the holiday is not strictly based on any Christian dogma
It is unclear what the question is asking.If it is asking "Why do Non-Jews celebrate Christmas?", the answer would likely be: They celebrate it because they are Christians or Atheists from a Christian Background and connect with Christmas in a spiritual or familial way.If it is asking "Why do Jews not celebrate Christmas?", the answer would likely be: Most Jews ignore Christmas; it is simply not something of any importance to them in much the same way that Christians ignore Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, or Diwali (which are Jewish, Islamic, and Hindu holidays) because they are not relevant to their tradition. Jews hold that their savior is not yet born, so it would be improper to celebrate the birth of a false Messianic Candidate.
Yes he did celebrate Christmas.
Peter does celebrate Christmas.
The Native Americans did not celebrate Christmas or Halloween. The early colonists did not celebrate Halloween either, and most did not celebrate Christmas.
They celebrate it on the 25th of December. Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ :)