I'm Dreaming Of An Atheist Christmas

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Who doesn't enjoy celebrating xmas, which happened to originate long before the christians claimed it? Share how you love to celebrate at this time of year. Recipes, decorations, crafts, ideas for gifts, winter tales, can be found here.

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The Grinch isn't the only one who should be “green” this Giftmas....

The holiday season is here and whether you celebrate [insert holiday of choice here], or you don't, you will probably engage in some kind of gift giving of some sort.

Here are some tips from two great websites on how you can have a wonderful holiday season with little to no impact on our wonderful planet...because well...she's all we got.

http://www.sierraclub.org/tips/holidays.aspx

http://eartheasy.com/give_sustainchristmas.htm

Merry Festivus for the rest of us,

Many Feathers aka Green Diva

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Is santa a christian?

Started by gareth. Last reply by GOPI KANTA GHOSH Dec 8, 2011. 3 Replies 1 Like

I have a toddler who will most certainly be getting presents from Daddy and Mommy. My guess is that Santa is not Christian, or is this incorrect when one considers St. Nick. Can anyone give me some…Continue

COOKIE EXCHANGE

Started by Sydni Moser. Last reply by GOPI KANTA GHOSH Jan 4, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes

i do love baking cookies at this time of year, but am always in search of new recipes. Here is your chance to share YOUR favorite recipe and try out something new as well. Add one, add many, just…Continue

Got our tree! (let's see yours!)

Started by Laura Foster. Last reply by luvtheheaven Dec 20, 2010. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Just taking a minute to share boast that we got our tree yesterday. For years, we've been using an artificial tree. But now that we're living on 25 acres in rural Maine, himself (hubby) insisted on…Continue

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Comment by Jon Heim on November 17, 2010 at 4:49pm: I celebrate the real reason for the season, and also the original pagan traditions. Lets face it...if we are going to celebrate anything, it's only fair to celebrate the beliefs that it originated from.

for me that's Yule and Saturnalia.

Comment by Todd on November 17, 2010 at 2:39pm: Years ago I worked for an overly zealous supervisor who insisted that everyone attend the Christmas party no matter their orientation. She suggested that attending the party would "allow you to get into the Christmas spirit". I wasn't feeling the love. I let her know I wasn't going to attend but would be happy to sit at the agency and attend to paperwork. She setup a meeting with the director of the facility and I found myself somehow compelled to remind them about whose birthday we're celebrating. I called a Jewish labor attorney (we're both jewish Atheists) who also let them know that you can't force someone to attend a religious celebration. That same year I ran into a clerk at Fred Meyer who also wished the same for me. I let him know that I didn't celebrate Christmas but he reminded me that Christmas is the most important holiday in the world. Some people are slow learners.

If the Christian folk are so happy to share religious cards, then I'm thinking I'd like to develop a line of cards with the savior sitting in an electric chair.

I like the line from Seinfeld: festivus for the rest of us''

Comment by Peter Karp on November 17, 2010 at 1:28pm: I just joined a couple of hours ago. 'Bout time I guess lol.

Comment by luvtheheaven on November 17, 2010 at 11:58am: Hey cool Peter, I didn't realize you'd made a Think Atheist account lol. ;) (Peter is my brother.)

Comment by Peter Karp on November 17, 2010 at 11:50am: I love this! Though I remember hearing that this holiday originated as a pagan celebration, I totally forgot!! lol

Comment by Darwin Penda on November 17, 2010 at 11:26am: I wrote a small blog about the need for this very thing about two years ago, my idea was to create a civic/secular holiday draped in our early culture, but devoid of the supernatural, and called by the holiday's original name in English; Yule. Please have a look to let me know what you think. Part of the idea was inspired by problems with terminology and ornamentation in the public square. http://yuletidefoundation.wordpress.com/

Comment by Cat on November 17, 2010 at 11:12am: David Sedaris on St. Nicolas in the Netherlands

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