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This sometimes comes up on the other sites I frequent, so I thought I would bounce it off the Fratching crowd to see what they had to say about it.
Some people think that people who do not follow the Christian faith are being hypocritical if they celebrate Christmas. To some extent, I suppose a reasonable case can be made out of this. My family really isn't that religious, for the most part. In lieu of this, we have always celebrated Christmas together, so I admittedly never gave this issue much thought until a bunch of Evangelicals on the websites I frequent decided to make an issue out of it.
To get back to the topic, though, Christmas is so prevalent in our society that it's hard not to acknowledge it in one form or another. Also, Christmas really isn't that much of a religious holiday anymore, even though it did have religious origins. I would be willing to be that most people, Christian or not, are probably not giving much thought to the birth of Jesus, the three wise men, the manger, and Virgin Mary when they celebrate Christmas. If they're kids, they're probably wondering how many items from their mile-long Christmas lists they will find wrapped up underneath the Christmas tree when it's time to unwrap gifts. If they're adults, they're probably thinking about having time off from work and spending that time socializing with friends and/or at family get-togethers. If not that, then they're probably hoping that the airports don't give them TOO many headaches or wondering if they'll get through Christmas dinner without losing their tempers on their in-laws.
Anymore now, when some Evangelical gets worked up over non-Christians celebrating Christmas, I just ask them if they acknowledge the days of the week and months of the year.
Some people think that people who do not follow the Christian faith are being hypocritical if they celebrate Christmas. To some extent, I suppose a reasonable case can be made out of this. My family really isn't that religious, for the most part. In lieu of this, we have always celebrated Christmas together, so I admittedly never gave this issue much thought until a bunch of Evangelicals on the websites I frequent decided to make an issue out of it.
To get back to the topic, though, Christmas is so prevalent in our society that it's hard not to acknowledge it in one form or another. Also, Christmas really isn't that much of a religious holiday anymore, even though it did have religious origins. I would be willing to be that most people, Christian or not, are probably not giving much thought to the birth of Jesus, the three wise men, the manger, and Virgin Mary when they celebrate Christmas. If they're kids, they're probably wondering how many items from their mile-long Christmas lists they will find wrapped up underneath the Christmas tree when it's time to unwrap gifts. If they're adults, they're probably thinking about having time off from work and spending that time socializing with friends and/or at family get-togethers. If not that, then they're probably hoping that the airports don't give them TOO many headaches or wondering if they'll get through Christmas dinner without losing their tempers on their in-laws.
Anymore now, when some Evangelical gets worked up over non-Christians celebrating Christmas, I just ask them if they acknowledge the days of the week and months of the year.
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