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Big Blue Marble

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58. I love celebrating the Christmas season.

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 03:32 PM

Nov 2013

it is truly one of my favorite times of the year. It is more than
a day, it part of the cycle of the year, the return of solar light.
Our celebration is totally gloriously secular, bringing in the pagan elements
of our ancestors.

It is about family, friends, traditions of food and drink. It is about
retrieving the decades old decorations from the basement and remembering
times and family members who are no longer with us. It is about music.
It is just simply a great big party and a lot of fun.

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I do not celebrate Christmas [View all] Th1onein Nov 2013 OP

I'm an agnostic lapfog_1 Nov 2013 #1

You have captured exactly how I feel etherealtruth Nov 2013 #90

OK. Thanks for letting us know. MineralMan Nov 2013 #2

YAAAY! rock Nov 2013 #3

As a Pagan Holiday, Christmas has lost its meaning. RC Nov 2013 #4

Awesome! I am glad I know this now! Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #5

I think that your reply is quite rude. Is there a reason for that? Th1onein Nov 2013 #8

Wouldnt call it rude just sarcastic. I mean why post Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #12

The Benghazi spoon plot TBF Nov 2013 #15

Thanks, yes it's a critical issue of our times Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #20

no, i think sporks will be the death of us all. eom ellenfl Nov 2013 #31

There were far more spork deaths under the Bush administration, Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #34

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #146

Why post at all, in that case? Sarcastic/rude, sometimes they are one and the same. Th1onein Nov 2013 #16

Well had you tied it to the crass consumerism that is Xmas Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #18

I thought I DID tie it to the mass consumerism. Th1onein Nov 2013 #22

Either or thing, I am at work and scanning fast, so it could have been me. Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #24

Thanks. Th1onein Nov 2013 #27

I think if you had posted "I celebrate Christmas� no one would have objected. DeschutesRiver Nov 2013 #196

Thank you, DeschutesRiver. Th1onein Nov 2013 #205

I think it's a great post. defacto7 Nov 2013 #225

Thanks, defacto7. Th1onein Nov 2013 #226

Yes, but ann--- Nov 2013 #36

why did you post your OP upaloopa Nov 2013 #59

I posted for the same reason many here post about such things. Th1onein Nov 2013 #78

I think you are missing the point of the original post...... Swede Atlanta Nov 2013 #55

Thank you. Th1onein Nov 2013 #76

Thank you !! warrant46 Nov 2013 #248

Thank you, too, Warren. Th1onein Nov 2013 #258

I love Christmas also, the lights the cheeriness. SheilaT Nov 2013 #6

Screaming children, drunk store Santas, store elves knife fighting Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #25

Let's see, somehow I never had screaming kids SheilaT Nov 2013 #71

That actually sounds very nice. I've no family so my xmas is simple. It's just me. Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #73

I wouldn't celebrate it either if it wasn't for the people around me celebrating it penultimate Nov 2013 #7

LOL! Th1onein Nov 2013 #10

And glitter! Glitter improves everything at Christmas. Can't go wrong with glitter. Shrike47 Nov 2013 #156

LOL! Th1onein Nov 2013 #217

According to my daughter, glitter is the herpes of craft supplies. n/t woodsprite Nov 2013 #228

I have heard this glitter "joke"before... 3catwoman3 Dec 2013 #269

I am agnostic PowerToThePeople Nov 2013 #9

Saint Th1onein, everybody! The ten o'clock show is always exactly the same as the eight show alcibiades_mystery Nov 2013 #11

I'm not calling myself a saint. And you know it. Th1onein Nov 2013 #17

Sorry, but your OP features self-congratulatory gift wrapping. Paladin Nov 2013 #38

You can take my OP any way you want to.... Th1onein Nov 2013 #43

I'll thank you not to impose your definition of "progressive" on the rest of us. Paladin Nov 2013 #48

Pointed comments are one thing, rude comments are another. Th1onein Nov 2013 #57

What you need for Christmas: the basic capacity for self-reflection and self-awareness alcibiades_mystery Nov 2013 #53

I'm a much better person than all those people? Th1onein Nov 2013 #63

I think that poster hit the nail on the head laundry_queen Nov 2013 #126

Nah. Th1onein Nov 2013 #136

It's not about believing anything. laundry_queen Nov 2013 #183

It very obviously IS about believing something. Since we disagree, I think that's obvious. Th1onein Nov 2013 #207

DU must be awfully slow for you these days laundry_queen Nov 2013 #229

Well the abortion threads had died down.... JTFrog Dec 2013 #275

Yeah sure alcibiades_mystery Nov 2013 #224

Good grief, what are you so ANGRY about? Th1onein Nov 2013 #227

You know pecwae Nov 2013 #232

I want to make this post some eggnog, and buy it a gift. nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #254

. JTFrog Dec 2013 #271

Okay. This agnostic celebrates it. tammywammy Nov 2013 #13

We celebrate - our family TBF Nov 2013 #14

I like Christmas more now as a Grandparent Adam-Bomb Nov 2013 #19

I think that's so sad. I don't equate Christmas with any of those things. nolabear Nov 2013 #21

I understand. I wish I could see it that way, too, but I don't. Th1onein Nov 2013 #26

Not too jaded. Your answer says that. nolabear Nov 2013 #49

You are absolutely right. Th1onein Nov 2013 #68

I'm sorry for that terrible loss. And I know you aren't lording. But I'm confused. nolabear Nov 2013 #85

What two responses sound very different? Th1onein Nov 2013 #95

Doesn't matter re the responses. I hope you find your joy in the best places for you. nolabear Nov 2013 #123

Same to you, nolabear. Th1onein Nov 2013 #133

Well, that's all right too. Tomorrow might be different, long as we keep working together. nolabear Nov 2013 #135

Absolutely. Solidarity. Th1onein Nov 2013 #137

I celebrate Christmas, HappyMe Nov 2013 #23

Of course they can do 840high Nov 2013 #190

How long before someone posts the Santa lie makes me not trust people. ileus Nov 2013 #28

What is the Santa lie? Th1onein Nov 2013 #40

LOL pipoman Nov 2013 #160

good for you... I think ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2013 #29

Yes yes... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #30

OK, now this is funny. n/t OKNancy Nov 2013 #32

Thanks for the rude post. Th1onein Nov 2013 #35

I'm guessing Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #41

I said nothing about family observances. Th1onein Nov 2013 #44

Christmas = family observance Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #50

Christmas equals family observance? ONLY? Th1onein Nov 2013 #61

How would you delineate between succumbing to consumerism and genuine gift-giving? Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #65

I don't know how to answer that question. Th1onein Nov 2013 #70

So you have also set yourself up as judge and arbiter of our gift giving? riderinthestorm Nov 2013 #92

... And then put you on *gasp* ignore ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #101

I'm pretty sure I'm person #1 on Th1onein's ignore list. riderinthestorm Nov 2013 #152

Can I be in y'all's club? Apparently I've earned my way onto ignore. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #154

Isn't this fun? Its almost 5 here in IL and I'm about to pour a glass of wine riderinthestorm Nov 2013 #168

Oh, I dunno. If I start drinking this early Lover Boy is going to expect something raunchy tonight. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #178

i was on FORCED ignore with her over that mess. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #186

Okay, now you've offended me too. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #148

You are CHOOSING to take offense. Th1onein Nov 2013 #150

You're like Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #153

Seems to me that YOU'RE the one who is so certain of YOUR superiority. Th1onein Nov 2013 #159

Okay, you're NOT like Sheldon Cooper. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #161

Wow. More of the same insults. Th1onein Nov 2013 #163

Calling something tragic isn't really an insult. It's more an expression of pity. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #164

You know better than that. Th1onein Nov 2013 #165

"People are going hungry, without lights, or gas, or a roof over their heads, or transportation" Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #33

I don't think this precludes seeking joy. Th1onein Nov 2013 #39

I hate getting practical stuff for Christmas. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #45

A Unicorn after my own heart. nolabear Nov 2013 #54

I understand what you are saying... Th1onein Nov 2013 #56

When I entered this thread I asked Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #64

Let me rephrase for you, although I think I made myself clear in another post. Th1onein Nov 2013 #72

But, but...my son is begging me to buy him socks. His girlfriend is Pathwalker Nov 2013 #69

I'm an atheist. I like Christmas. You go and enjoy December 25th. Throd Nov 2013 #37

Good for you titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #42

Good for you. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #46

I like the lights. nyquil_man Nov 2013 #47

bah GladRagDahl Nov 2013 #51

A friend of mine posted this on FB: CrispyQ Nov 2013 #52

I love celebrating the Christmas season. Big Blue Marble Nov 2013 #58

i agree. nt DesertFlower Nov 2013 #60

You know in another life, I wouldn't either..and for the exact same reasons you have stated.. Tikki Nov 2013 #62

The Daily lecture series... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #66

Unbelievable. Are you really calling me pompous? Th1onein Nov 2013 #74

I find it rather believable. The post is pompous and unnecessary. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #75

The post is far from pompous. Th1onein Nov 2013 #79

I think I will reserve the right to post my opinion. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #81

I think you nailed it. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #83

Wow! See how much we agree? I posted MY opinion about Christmas and you posted yours about me! Th1onein Nov 2013 #96

And you got all upset, while I did not. :) ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #97

You are!! PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #99

At least we won't be fighting over what ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #102

How about NO game? PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #104

It was hell in this house yesterday, with gloating BabyG. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #109

Aww, I'm sure. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #110

Heh! At least America's Team won yesterday!! madinmaryland Nov 2013 #141

You are too kind. REP Nov 2013 #125

I'm an atheist, and I celebrate Christmas. backscatter712 Nov 2013 #67

Good for you! Iggo Nov 2013 #77

Neat! PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #80

Yet you support policies that will only worsen that poverty, especially for women and children. LeftyMom Nov 2013 #82

touche. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #84

You'd think an anti-choicer would love a holiday about a homeless, pregnant teenager LeftyMom Nov 2013 #87

Well, she's nothing if not a walking contradiction. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #89

Nope, I don't. Th1onein Nov 2013 #86

Putting your smug pronouncement in context isn't hijacking your thread. LeftyMom Nov 2013 #88

There's nothing smug about it. And it wasn't a "pronouncement." Th1onein Nov 2013 #98

I do not celebrate Rick Astley. Dr. Strange Nov 2013 #257

I understand, it has been commercialized, sorefeet Nov 2013 #91

That's one less person on my list Android3.14 Nov 2013 #93

Wow, you're cool. nt RiffRandell Nov 2013 #94

Well, isn't that billh58 Nov 2013 #100

I don't Christmas with you. REP Nov 2013 #103

Ha! nt RiffRandell Nov 2013 #111

I LOL'd ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #114

lolz PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #116

Seven years later pintobean Nov 2013 #157

I am so glad you found this!... Phentex Nov 2013 #239

That is too funny! I somehow managed to miss that classic thread Tanuki Nov 2013 #247

Being rather new to DU... 3catwoman3 Dec 2013 #270

The trouble here is your choice in things to disbelieve Android3.14 Nov 2013 #105

Bam! Iggo Nov 2013 #108

Yeah, buddy, cheer that rude crap on! Th1onein Nov 2013 #119

I ain't yer buddy, pal. Iggo Nov 2013 #122

Enjoy your stay on my Ignore list, BUDDY. Th1onein Nov 2013 #129

Win! Iggo Nov 2013 #132

It's great group of people we've got all up in here on this ignore list... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #142

Glad to be here! Iggo Nov 2013 #143

Zowie. There's so many people on Ignore and I haven't received my invite!!!!! Hekate Nov 2013 #199

That post wasn't cheering for your OP REP Nov 2013 #124

I didn't imply anything. But your post is extremely rude. Th1onein Nov 2013 #112

For me Christmas is about family BainsBane Nov 2013 #106

I want to be BFFs with your cousin. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #113

She sells it BainsBane Nov 2013 #115

Yes! Please! ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #118

It is what you make of it. Th1onein Nov 2013 #120

So you're like a charitable Scrooge instead of the capitalist Scrooge of Dickens. aikoaiko Nov 2013 #107

Maybe. Th1onein Nov 2013 #117

I am totally with you in thoughts, sorry you got attacked�so much spirit, eh�.some say. Tikki Nov 2013 #128

Thanks, Tikki. Th1onein Nov 2013 #134

I'm an atheist and celebrate the HOLIDAY SEASON. Many of us do. It is about generosity, love, light, RBInMaine Nov 2013 #121

There is no one Right Way for any holiday or non-holiday. Best wishes to you and yours. uppityperson Nov 2013 #127

I don't celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or Ramadan. Common Sense Party Nov 2013 #130

Now you're really asking for it. BainsBane Nov 2013 #139

Incoming what? Indifference? Common Sense Party Nov 2013 #144

Great! I respect your point of view. No criticism. WillowTree Nov 2013 #131

Of course, I afford you the same courtesies. Th1onein Nov 2013 #140

I do exactly the same thing! DrewFlorida Nov 2013 #138

My daughter has a family living in her living room right now. Th1onein Nov 2013 #149

As long as we have companies like Wal-Mart and McDonalds, things will be tough...... DrewFlorida Nov 2013 #194

I think more true progressives need to run for office. Th1onein Nov 2013 #214

I love Christmas jcboon Nov 2013 #145

Maybe Christmas, perhaps, doesn't come from a store. Nye Bevan Nov 2013 #147

Listen to your doctor. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #151

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #174

Absolutely, Nye Bevan. Th1onein Nov 2013 #155

So if you got the day off as a paid holiday from your job... MicaelS Nov 2013 #158

If I worked at a place that was open for Christmas, I would take someone's place who wanted to be Th1onein Nov 2013 #162

The you are a considerate person. Thank you. n/t MicaelS Nov 2013 #198

Information that would have been helpful BEFORE I went shopping today Fla_Democrat Nov 2013 #166

I'm sure you know that I am heartbroken. Th1onein Nov 2013 #170

Well I gess you told them pipoman Nov 2013 #167

I wasn't trying to be self-aggrandizing. Th1onein Nov 2013 #169

I read most of the thread.. pipoman Nov 2013 #203

I think that there are a lot of people who just GET THROUGH Christmas. Th1onein Nov 2013 #213

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #171

have you ever read Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" JI7 Nov 2013 #172

Never read it. Th1onein Nov 2013 #173

it's a short story and available free online JI7 Nov 2013 #175

My Christmas gift to you joeglow3 Nov 2013 #176

And my gift to you, joeglow? Th1onein Nov 2013 #177

Sounds like I am in GREAT company joeglow3 Nov 2013 #188

There's a lot of different ways to "celebrate" Christmas Hippo_Tron Nov 2013 #179

Jewish Chinese food? I didn't know there was such a thing? Th1onein Nov 2013 #180

There's no Jewish Chinese food Hippo_Tron Nov 2013 #181

Oh. Interesting. Th1onein Nov 2013 #184

A wonderful -- and incidentally, Jewish -- classmate from college once told me Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #185

Makes sense. Besides every day is a roody Nov 2013 #182

I'm sorry for your loss. MerryBlooms Nov 2013 #187

Thank you, MerryBlooms. Th1onein Nov 2013 #215

lol Sheldon Cooper Nov 2013 #189

Don't tell the right wing! treestar Nov 2013 #191

Bah! Humbug! Thanks for spreading your wealth around, but a little cheer would also go a long way. Hekate Nov 2013 #192

My son is watching the grinch for the first time Boom Sound 416 Nov 2013 #193

I expect that miserable people will act miserably, especially when they are anonymous. Th1onein Nov 2013 #200

Sounds like the motivation for this thread Boom Sound 416 Nov 2013 #206

That's highly doubtful. Th1onein Nov 2013 #208

Only you can know that Boom Sound 416 Nov 2013 #216

I hope you did, too. Th1onein Nov 2013 #218

Okay, well thanks for letting us know. NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #195

Christmas is not about taking care of needs. Packerowner740 Nov 2013 #197

Of course it is. Th1onein Nov 2013 #201

This message was self-deleted by its author mynaturalrights Nov 2013 #210

Almost every culture has a celebration about that time FloridaJudy Nov 2013 #202

I like Christmas trees Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2013 #204

I don't celebrate Christmas because I have no family nearby el_bryanto Nov 2013 #209

I'm sorry that you took my post to mean that. Th1onein Nov 2013 #219

that is clearly what you meant by it - you don't celebrate Christmas and those who do el_bryanto Nov 2013 #233

If I meant that by it, I would have said that. Th1onein Nov 2013 #250

Then why on earth did you even bother posting about Christmas? FloridaJudy Nov 2013 #234

Why you or anyone else would take the post to be on a moral high horse, I don't know. Th1onein Nov 2013 #251

You said mynaturalrights Nov 2013 #211

I don't view Christmas as just another day, but i don't celebrate it onenote Nov 2013 #212

I understand that it's not just another day for everyone. Th1onein Nov 2013 #221

Walgreens was open on Christmas day? Wow, Tanuki Nov 2013 #246

Yes, it's about the only thing open on Christmas Day Th1onein Nov 2013 #249

Nor do I. I hopped off that treadmill years ago. nt tblue37 Nov 2013 #220

For me it is about the birth of Jesus Christ and spending quality time with family and friends. hrmjustin Nov 2013 #222

Christmas is just another commercial holiday. darkangel218 Nov 2013 #223

I don't celebrate it because it has become a reminder of loss. Deep13 Nov 2013 #230

I understand, Deep13. Th1onein Nov 2013 #231

I have little kids gollygee Nov 2013 #235

I don't blame you. I'd probably make the same choice in your shoes. Th1onein Nov 2013 #252

I'm an agnostic atheist too CFLDem Nov 2013 #236

Sounds like me except Phentex Nov 2013 #240

I'm absolutely flabbergasted that so many people seem to give a fuck. cherokeeprogressive Nov 2013 #237

This Bobbie Jo Nov 2013 #244

I may have mentioned this BEFORE.... yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #238

nice. nt Sheri Nov 2013 #242

Colonel Sanders chicken and Chinese food, all in one thread about Christmas. Nice. Th1onein Nov 2013 #259

New Years in Japan is the same as New Years in New York... yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #268

i like to celebrate the solstice. Sheri Nov 2013 #241

..... cali Nov 2013 #243

grats on a 250+post flamebait backwoodsbob Nov 2013 #245

Thanks, backwoodsbob. Th1onein Nov 2013 #253

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #255

It is liberating. Th1onein Nov 2013 #256

I'm an atheist and I love christmas RedCappedBandit Nov 2013 #260

It is a day to sleep in nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #261

Well, there is that.... Th1onein Nov 2013 #262

See, it has some utility nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #263

Good article. Th1onein Nov 2013 #265

There are more, the trend is accelerating nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #267

why should anyone care? DCBob Nov 2013 #264

You cared enough to waste the time and effort to post, didn't you? Th1onein Nov 2013 #266

Cool story bro. n/t JTFrog Dec 2013 #272

How ironic that a non-religious person would be so "holier than thou".... brooklynite Dec 2013 #273

You really need to read the whole thread. Th1onein Dec 2013 #276

the subsistence farmer in Kenya imagines your computer and internet connection are both... LanternWaste Dec 2013 #274

I hold no one to any standard, except for myself. Th1onein Dec 2013 #277

I never said you do or do not. LanternWaste Dec 2013 #278

Go judge someone else, please. Th1onein Dec 2013 #279