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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 08:54 PM

Nov 2013

both. I celebrate Xmas with joy.

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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