what do atheists do during christmas?

[Grave_n_idle]

Celebrate winter, build a fire against the cold, eat friends and enjoy the company of pie.

fixed.

I never said the pie and friends had to be separate at all. Did you REALLY think the secret ingredient was molasses?

I accidently...the pie...i accidently.

You thought it was a nativity scene?

[Allbeama]

Celebrate winter, build a fire against the cold, eat friends and enjoy the company of pie.

fixed.

I never said the pie and friends had to be separate at all. Did you REALLY think the secret ingredient was molasses?

I accidently...the pie...i accidently.

You thought it was a nativity scene?

It was actually cake.

[Mad hatters in jeans]

Celebrate winter, build a fire against the cold, eat friends and enjoy the company of pie.

fixed.

I never said the pie and friends had to be separate at all. Did you REALLY think the secret ingredient was molasses?

I accidently...the pie...i accidently.

You thought it was a nativity scene?

*shuffles feet*
...no...i mean i only ate the little baby jesus because he was made of candy......
*mumbles incoherently*

[Grave_n_idle]

Celebrate winter, build a fire against the cold, eat friends and enjoy the company of pie.

fixed.

I never said the pie and friends had to be separate at all. Did you REALLY think the secret ingredient was molasses?

I accidently...the pie...i accidently.

You thought it was a nativity scene?

*shuffles feet*
...no...i mean i only ate the little baby jesus because he was made of candy......
*mumbles incoherently*

'E's eaten the baybee Jee-zuss!

[Lacadaemon]

Like all good Atheists, I spend the day sacrificing small Christian to the Lord Athe. It is what the religion demands, you know.

[Maurepas]

Like all good Atheists, I spend the day sacrificing small Christian to the Lord Athe. It is what the religion demands, you know.

Science be praised,

[Kobrania]

Like all good Atheists, I spend the day sacrificing small Christian to the Lord Athe. It is what the religion demands, you know.

Science be praised,

All kneel at the bust of Carl Sagan!

[Folk Metals]

I do what everyone else does. Most Atheists usually have religious family members of which we participate with. It is a time of joy and love after all, Atheists are not devoid of this.

[Folk Metals]

Celebrate winter, build a fire against the cold, eat friends and enjoy the company of pie.

fixed.

I never said the pie and friends had to be separate at all. Did you REALLY think the secret ingredient was molasses?

I accidently...the pie...i accidently.

You thought it was a nativity scene?

It was actually cake.

But...the cake is a lie..

[Allbeama]

Celebrate winter, build a fire against the cold, eat friends and enjoy the company of pie.

fixed.

I never said the pie and friends had to be separate at all. Did you REALLY think the secret ingredient was molasses?

I accidently...the pie...i accidently.

You thought it was a nativity scene?

It was actually cake.

But...the cake is a lie..

Not if George Washington made it. He put cherries on it for you.

[Allbeama]

Like all good Atheists, I spend the day sacrificing small Christian to the Lord Athe. It is what the religion demands, you know.

Science be praised,

All kneel at the bust of Carl Sagan!

Saganus dominus scienta omnes, rex Dawkinus et Darvinius benedicite homines, evolutio fiat lux!

[Maurepas]

I do what everyone else does. Most Atheists usually have religious family members of which we participate with. It is a time of joy and love after all, Atheists are not devoid of this.

LIAR!

[Helgrin]

Well, personally, I eat a dinosaur (or at least what they evolved into).

[Allbeama]

Well, personally, I eat a dinosaur (or at least what they evolved into).

Chickensaurus, or Turkeyneichus?

[Helgrin]

Well, personally, I eat a dinosaur (or at least what they evolved into).

Chickensaurus, or Turkeyneichus?

Chickenosaurus mostly, but sometimes Pterkeydactyl.

[Hairless Kitten II]

what do atheists do during christmas?

We burn babies and eat them later.

[Sanskacia]

Wallow in an attempted hedonistic luxury ... or as close as I can come to in my payscale.
Y'know, visit family you haven't seen since Thanksgiving (or more likely, Easter), eat food with an entirely too high fat or sugar content, recieve gifts that you really don't need from people that really can't afford it, all while shaking my head as people celebrate a holiday without knowing that many of the traditions predate Christianity. Basically, all the fun commercial stuff without the crippling moral connotations.

But then again, I'm not really an atheist, more like a religion of one. Or if you prefer, a heretic. That makes it sound cool.

[Allbeama]

what do atheists do during christmas?

We burn babies and eat them later.

Careful, there are people who might actually believe that.

[Maurepas]

what do atheists do during christmas?

We burn babies and eat them later.

Careful, there are people who might actually believe that.

You mean there are Atheists who dont really do it?

[Helgrin]

what do atheists do during christmas?

We burn babies and eat them later.

Careful, there are people who might actually believe that.

Then we must cleanse NS of them.

[Intangelon]

As a Pagan, I celebrate Yule on Dec. 20-22. However, I do celebrate Christmas with my family, mainly because it is Yule celebration with Jesus tacked onto it to make it acceptable for Christians.

Doesn't the song "Deck The Halls" reference Yule a few times? I think it's just fantastic how Christianity married paganism in many ways. Gave it a bit more pizazz, like putting some Laurey's Seasoning Salt on some steak before you barbecue it. Mmmmm!

Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa la la la laaaa, fa la la la
'Tis the season to be jolly
Fa la la la laaaa, fa la la la
Don we now our gay apparel
Fa la la, la la la, la la laaaa
Troll the ancient yuletide carol
Fa la la la laaaa, fa la la la.

Well if Wikipedia is to be trusted, only the version that omits 'yule' in favor of Christmas uses the singular 'hall' and 'troll' instead of 'toll'. Not sure why they'd say 'troll the ancient Christmas story' though, since it was probably invented before the Internet...

Them crazy Christmas carols are whatever they wanna be I guess!

Nope.

The verb "troll" means "to sing in a carefree manner". And Wiki isn't to be trusted on questions of lyrical authenticity when there's no definitive source. The opinion of the article's writer factors in, and "yuletide" was how I learned it, so...yeah.

[Intangelon]

In my experience, wine, bitch, moan and complain about how America is a theocracy and Christmas is nothing but an evil holiday celebrating the immorality of religion.

Your experience is pathetically narrow.

[Intangelon]

In my experience, wine, bitch, moan and complain about how America is a theocracy and Christmas is nothing but an evil holiday celebrating the immorality of religion.

While Christians whine, bitch, moan, and complain about how liberals are destroying Christmas by saying "happy holidays" [in front of a giant inflatable santa hugging a reindeer (who looks suspiciously like a young white tail deer) next to a pagan festival tree] instead of Merry Christmas

I would really like to meet some of these Christians.

Look in a mirror.

[Allbeama]

what do atheists do during christmas?

We burn babies and eat them later.

Careful, there are people who might actually believe that.

You mean there are Atheists who dont really do it?

I must have missed the meeting where we made that part of our canon.

[Intangelon]

Actually, Neo Art has a very good point.

Even so, Christmas no longer seems to be a Christian holiday. It's more of a day devoted to presents that people seem to celebrate regardless of religious background, in England that is. I can't speak for other countries practices in this sort of thing.

Anyways, I celebrate Christmas despite being atheist.

you shouldn't, nor should any other atheist on this forum. If you don't want stores to say Merry Christmas cuz it offends, then don't participate at all: don't get together, don't take a day off, don't be merry, don't roast chestnuts, or exchange gifts, or do anything Christmaslike. If you don't believe, don't participate in the holiday, be it somewhat secularized or not. "Christ"mas, he's right there in the name; don't like him, don't partake in the festivity.

Fine. You don't even get to THINK about eggs or candy on Easter, and if you put up a "Christmas tree" you're a complete hypocrite. Ditto for Hallowe'en.

Grow up.