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AleksS

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26. Agreed, and if you haven't seen it before, this seems to match your feelings

Sun Dec 15, 2013, 05:51 PM

Dec 2013

As a Christmas-enjoying Atheist, this is actually one of my favorite Christmas songs--written by another Christmas-enjoying atheist. Listen through. I chuckle and I cry, and I nod my head, and at then end, keep going back to it every year.

Tim Minchin has some out-there songs, and some offensive bits, but this is not one of them. Seriously recommend it.

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For all you lurking conservative Godsters...I'm an atheist, yet I enjoy Gospel and Christmas carols. [View all] Atman Dec 2013 OP

I'm an atheist and I love sacred music. And carols. And religious paintings. mainer Dec 2013 #1

X1000 Atman Dec 2013 #2

I already have my Christmas tree up! mainer Dec 2013 #4

I like the way you think!!! Rhythm Dec 2013 #30

Michelangelo was probably an atheist Major Nikon Dec 2013 #9

Atheist since about the 6th grade....I listen to Bach every day AlbertCat Dec 2013 #13

Same here! eqfan592 Dec 2013 #38

I still love the Catholic Christmas show. One of the things we lack here is a Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #3

It's a spectacle. Like a Broadway show...why do I have to believe it's real to enjoy it? Atman Dec 2013 #6

Like a Broadway show AlbertCat Dec 2013 #18

Amen to that! nt caledesi Dec 2013 #33

Try the Bobby Timmons Christmas album. immoderate Dec 2013 #5

You can not beat Nat King Cole. The best of them all. VPStoltz Dec 2013 #15

+1 Quayblue Dec 2013 #23

I like commie socialist nazi christmas songs. valerief Dec 2013 #7

I'm an atheist who used to turn into kickass gospel music Warpy Dec 2013 #8

This devout athiest DamnYankeeInHouston Dec 2013 #10

honestly the only people warring on Christmas seem to be conservatives Skittles Dec 2013 #11

Nah. They're making money on it from a gullible few. Skidmore Dec 2013 #14

Word. NoQuarter Dec 2013 #32

I hope you have a peaceful and joyous holiday season. cbayer Dec 2013 #12

I, too, enjoy celebrating the Winter Solstice... dchill Dec 2013 #16

Same here. I would go to Midnight Mass every year with - and later without - my mom. VPStoltz Dec 2013 #17

Thanks for this post. May we all believe what we want. n/t Paper Roses Dec 2013 #19

"occasionally dress up on Halloween"...You lack dedication. Always dress out. Half-Century Man Dec 2013 #20

Amen N/T Old Codger Dec 2013 #21

Like I said here.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #22

UNCOMMON SENSE: Atheists can enjoy Christmas regardless of Christ amerxp Dec 2013 #24

I also occasionally dress up on Halloween...it doesn't mean I actually believe in bogeymen LiberalLovinLug Dec 2013 #25

Best post. Period. Atman Dec 2013 #46

Agreed, and if you haven't seen it before, this seems to match your feelings AleksS Dec 2013 #26

That was really something AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #42

I stopped going to Mass in Catholic school as a teenager HockeyMom Dec 2013 #27

so do i , it's my favorite time of the year JI7 Dec 2013 #28

Well, we invited the Anti-Christ to our Christmas party. OldRedneck Dec 2013 #29

I LOVE GOSPEL MUSIC TexasBushwhacker Dec 2013 #31

Stole this from a friend's FB page this morning: OriginalGeek Dec 2013 #34

I'm down with most of that, but.... Bucky Dec 2013 #39

You best get to singing OriginalGeek Dec 2013 #40

i am a Catholic and a d/Democrat and... rustbeltvoice Dec 2013 #35

The reason: Gospel & Christmas songs are about joy, love, & hope; not about judgment & hate Bucky Dec 2013 #36

Haha! That describes my husband EXACTLY, for decades. Then a funny thing happened: he started WinkyDink Dec 2013 #37

Do they know what a PK is? murielm99 Dec 2013 #43

I figured it was a common term! WinkyDink Dec 2013 #47

I'm an atheist and I enjoy christmas. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #41

Internet radio: SomaFM. Atman Dec 2013 #44

Count me in. I love Christmas, the music, the lights, gifts, even the story. nolabear Dec 2013 #45