Christmas Tree and Atheists. (100)
chatonlyman2North Bay, Ontario Canada27 Threads 7 Polls 6,600 Postschatonlyman2: Hugs yes there is. Still want to meet you.
Merry Xmas
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Conrad73: Heck,what you worry about,its the Winter-Solstice after all!
Even the Christmas-Tree isn't Christian,but Pagan!
According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, "The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands to symbolize eternal life was a custom of the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. Tree worship was common among the pagan Europeans and survived their conversion to Christianity in the Scandinavian customs of decorating the house and barn with evergreens at the New Year to scare away the devil and of setting up a tree for the birds during Christmastime."
Even the Christmas-Tree isn't Christian,but Pagan!
According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, "The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands to symbolize eternal life was a custom of the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. Tree worship was common among the pagan Europeans and survived their conversion to Christianity in the Scandinavian customs of decorating the house and barn with evergreens at the New Year to scare away the devil and of setting up a tree for the birds during Christmastime."
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chatonlyman2: Hugs yes there is. Still want to meet you.
Still?
That is sweet
Merry Christmas to you Chat!
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So togetherness for all the rest,as well for Christian believers celebrating Christ birth.
secretagent09: Even Jewish people have a Christmas tree and they exchange presents for Chanukah and Christmas. People like presents. It has nothing to do with religion but everything to do with the big fat guy in the red suit
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People use this ancient celebration to enjoy life with family and friends, with a feeling of goodwill to all men and women.
Whether Christian, pre-Christian, agnostic, atheist, pagan or any world religion, anything thst promoted peace and goodwill can only be a good thing!
Whether Christian, pre-Christian, agnostic, atheist, pagan or any world religion, anything thst promoted peace and goodwill can only be a good thing!
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chris27292729: I think having a Christmas tree at home,proclaims a Christian
celebration.
Some people claimed atheist.. Why then a Christmas tree
at their home???
It looks a bit hypocritical,don't you think???
celebration.
Some people claimed atheist.. Why then a Christmas tree
at their home???
It looks a bit hypocritical,don't you think???
I'm not Christian, but I did a scaled down sort of Christmas for my daughter when she was small so she didn't feel left out.
I thought the tree thing originally came from a Pagan festival. Does that mean all the Christians are hypocrites?
Why are you concerned about what other people choose to believe, or choose to do with a twig and a couple of fairy lights, anyway?
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JeanKimberley: I read that Santa was actually a real person (can't remember the country of origin - Dutch maybe?) named Nicolas, perhaps sainted to Saint Nicolas. The tradition for the folk to leave their shoes outside their homes at the doorstep - wooden shoes? and he would put money and stuff into those of the poor while they slept at night. So when they awoke in the morning and put on their clogs, they would find the money.
the tradition grew from their, where people acted like St. Nick.
the tradition grew from their, where people acted like St. Nick.
Spanish, not Dutch.
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jac_the_gripper: Spanish, not Dutch.
i wish christmas
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jac_the_gripper: Spanish, not Dutch.
hi Jac....my german teacher...told me....that in Germany....if as a child...you were bad ....then father christmas....would throw ashes into yor eyes....for being so.....and no prezzies.------ This thread is Archived ------
jac_the_gripper: Spanish, not Dutch.
Not Spain
The tradition of Santa is only barely coming into Spain now.
They traditionally get their gifts from the Three Wise Men on Jan 06th
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mollybaby: Not Spain
The tradition of Santa is only barely coming into Spain now.
They traditionally get their gifts from the Three Wise Men on Jan 06th
The tradition of Santa is only barely coming into Spain now.
They traditionally get their gifts from the Three Wise Men on Jan 06th
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mollybaby: Not Spain
The tradition of Santa is only barely coming into Spain now.
They traditionally get their gifts from the Three Wise Men on Jan 06th
The tradition of Santa is only barely coming into Spain now.
They traditionally get their gifts from the Three Wise Men on Jan 06th
I once told a group of school kids on a trip to a grotto in a coal mine (right, I know) that if he didn't have a German accent, he was an imposter. It turns out, he had a broad Valleys accent.
When I told my (German) mum of my faux pas, she said he was a Spanish saint originally.
I've just Wiki'd and apparently he was Greek, from an area which is now Turkey. I bet Chris is pleased about that.
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truheart1941: hi Jac....my german teacher...told me....that in Germany....if as a child...you were bad ....then father christmas....would throw ashes into yor eyes....for being so.....and no prezzies.
Yeah, my mum told me the same, although I don't think it ever happened even in her sometimes brutal family, or village.
I think it was one of those threats like 'if you don't behave Santa won't bring you any presents' people dish out to their kids now.
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chris27292729: I think having a Christmas tree at home,proclaims a Christian
celebration.
Some people claimed atheist.. Why then a Christmas tree
at their home???
It looks a bit hypocritical,don't you think???
celebration.
Some people claimed atheist.. Why then a Christmas tree
at their home???
It looks a bit hypocritical,don't you think???
Christmas tree represents a Christian invasion into Secular and non Christian lands. It's the best thing Christians can do for those savages. They being converted gradually.
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niceman786: i wish christmas
Thank you Zah, but I don't really celebrate Christmas. I'm not religious.
Wishing you well, all the time.
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jac_the_gripper: Thank you Zah, but I don't really celebrate Christmas. I'm not religious.
Wishing you well, all the time.
Wishing you well, all the time.
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Furthermore, Atheists go Trick-or-Treating on Halloween and they don't even believe in the Boogie Man, but I'm here to say, that the Boogie Man does exist. 
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jac_the_gripper: but I don't really celebrate Christmas. I'm not religious.
The right thing to do!!!Not like the sami atheists
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All I know is my mam asking us over for Xmas dinner again this year and its always been that way ,
Love her turkey dinner the best.
Same as my nanna s stuffing and I make it that way too .
Love her turkey dinner the best.
Same as my nanna s stuffing and I make it that way too .
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chris27292729: The right thing to do!!!
Not like the sami atheists
Not like the sami atheists
It's my choice, just as celebrating, or not celebrating is other people's choice. It's got nothing to do with right, or wrong.
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