Heathens, infidels, pagans and non believers! What do you do on Christmas Day?

No - I celebrate the holiday with all the fun activities. I just st don’t go to church.

Go out for Chinese food.

Same thing you do during Pesach and Rosh Hashana.

Christan DLers! Do you invite your non Christian friends for Xmas?

Pagans don't tend to have any issues with most of Christmas Day.

No. I'm not religious at all but have no issue with the symbols. I even have a nativity I inherited that I put out. It's a festive time of year that pagans started anyway.

Fundies get mighty testy when you bring up the true roots of xmas.

For the past twenty years, it's been just another holiday with everything closed for me. This year, I'll actually be with relatives.

Working.

Go to the movies.

I light the dreidel on fire, dip the Christmas tree in oil, and eat the Kinara candle.

Do you burn the yule log?

[quote] Fundies get mighty testy when you bring up the true roots of xmas.

How do pagans feel about the Christianization of folk customs in the service of true religion?

Here OP

A whole video to explain it to you.

I'm not a pagan R13 so I can't answer. What is "true religion"? Pagans consider themselves religious.

All Pagan means is that you aren't a member of one of the main Abrahamic religions.

[quote] Fundies get mighty testy when you bring up the true roots of xmas.

Maybe the people you speak to are just weary of your fixation on the subject.

I once went to Steamworks on Christmas Eve. It was packed, and I had a very nice time.

R17, no dear.

[Quote] one of the main Abrahamic religions.

R16 you mean one of the Great Religions.

The local university's football squad all home for the holidays.

I wank on Mary and Joseph in the nearest nativity scene I can find.

It’s summer Downunder so it’s picnics, BBQ’s, swimming and beach cricket. We’re not religious…just a great excuse as usual to party.

R23 You are godless down there, halfway to hell.

R22, any nearby cat will seize the chance to snuggle on top of Baby Jesus in a nativity scene, whether displayed indoors or outdoors.

I really don't care about the religious aspects any holidays, just enjoy them as rest days.

You're going to hell.

We are both atheist. I was raised Catholic, and my husband was raised Church of Scotland. We both found that religion didn’t have any relevance for us when we were growing up, and we left it behind. We have Christmas lunch and exchange presents. It is an excuse to have a really nice meal.

Once when I went to the Post Office to buy Christmas stamps, the clerk (a young man with a pony tail) asked: "Do you want the religious kind or the heathen ones?".

R24, yes we are Godless but life still goes on. Save your remarks for someone who cares

Oh, you know. Oak Yule log, ivy as well as holly strewn about the mantles, nice bit of local farm-to-table meat to roast, sneaky Pentagram on the family Xmas tree, extra candle on the altar, chants to the two families of the Gods & Goddesses. The uje.

We’ll make breakfast, open presents, relax and fuck.

R18, maybe you can finally confirm - was Peter from The Folgers commercial there?

No going to church? You're going to hell, Missy.

As if Christmas has anything to do with Christianity these days.

Puhleeze OP, do you live under a rock?

We burn MAGA hats and goat entrails over a replica of Hillary Clinton's vulva.

Then we fuck over the remains.

Then Indian food.

Even if Jesus never existed, I like think of the Christmas season as a time for peace, giving, and good will. The Christmas lights are such a beautiful sight during the darkest point in the year. I always give to the underprivileged.

Well smell you.

Just kidding. We need more people like you in this world.

I don't even vaguely know anyone who goes to church? Certainly none of my friends or family go.

Nothing. Ignore it. It's just another day on the calendar.

And I don't feel left out in the least.

Masturbate. Hang out with like-minded friends. Enjoy life while ignoring the consumerism and religious hoopla. You know, the usual.

=As if Christmas has anything to do with Christianity these days.=

As if Christianity had anything to do with Christ these days.

People are keeping him in Christmas. At least that's what they're bumper stickers and lawn signs say.

Christians: do you invite the infidels and non believers to your Christmas celebrations? Do they accept?

R44, my Christian in-laws always invite me and I always decline with thanks (plus some made-up excuse because I don't want to hurt their feelings). My late husband used to join them because he felt obligated and the food was good -- aside from having to hold hands around the table while the host said grace, he wasn't subjected to their religion during dinner (and he went home ASAP).

Your late husband is in heaven with His other angels. I'm not sure if you will join him though.

Since Christmas was stolen from the pagans, including their "Christmas" tree, I would think believers would be less comfortable with the holiday.

My poorly-educated Tory parents mockingly refer to the turkey as a ‘sacrifice’ when I’m around. I just ignore them.

R48. I LOLed. That's pretty sophisticated of them.

Well, the Solstice has gone by, but there’s still Yule to enjoy, and then in a few weeks time it’s Wassail.

So I wish all my Pagan DL brethren & sistren a healthy and tranquil and safe and comfortable Yuletide❄️☃️🎄🐗🍻here’s to another year of gay heathen fuckery!

As a holiday gift, my sister gave me a Green Man wall ornament for my altar space. Best present I got, chuffed with him☺️🌳

I read a quote saying:

[bold]Asking Atheists if they celebrate Christmas is like asking people who don't want kids if they have sex.[/bold]

R52, that quote assumes that celebrating Christmas is fun, like sex -- worth doing for its own sake even if meaningless. That assumption is false for many of us.

Oh ferfucksake R53.

Not everyone thinks having sex is fun or worth doing for its own sake even if meaningless either R53. Right? Right? I mean, let's discuss how the obvious jokey quip isn't 100% totally accurate. It's very important!!

Honestly, just because some obviously jokey or sweeping generalization/quip doesn't apply to you, you don't need to whine about it. No wonder nobody want's you around when they're trying to have fun times.

R54 sounds like a guy who needs to get laid.

I sacrificed a couple of goats and then worshipped some snakes and fire.

Happy Festivus! For the rest of us!

No, not a surprise to non believers.

A mere mortal could not perform the miracles that we know that Jesus did.

No, why should I? Christmas is a Pagan holiday.

I used to go to the Christmas Eve services in NYC with my Jewish friends we loved the music and pomp and circumstance in the services. The best one was at St. John the Divine on 112st. they had 2 organs one in front by the altar and one in back by the doors, they would play the Toccata and Fugue by Bach. Each would play a part of the piece and reply to each other, it was amazing.

Religion has inspired some great music and art. No doubt it has also inspired some people to behave well. Whether it overall has done more good than harm is impossible to prove, but I have an innate distrust for it.

We Pagans are the real good guys. Our God are herbivores 🐐

"on 112st"

Oh, dear!

[quote] A mere mortal could not perform the miracles that we know that Jesus did.

How do you the accounts of miracles are true?

^^^How do you know...?