I said...Christmas is about spending time with family and friends for me, and about good food, exchanging gifts and watching xmas movies. and I never 'left' any religion, I was never really a christian in my whole life. Also I was raised in a family that does Xmas with Santa and the whole nine yards, My mom is a christian but not the in-your-face type, and she pretty much let me make up my own mind. I have only been forced to go to church a couple of times for weddings.

Originally posted by popcornbird
I always thought of Christmas to be a Christian "religious" holiday. Its supposed to be Christ's birthday right? That makes we wonder.................why do you atheists celebrate it? I mean, if you don't believe in God,you don't believe in Jesus, why do you celebrate Christmas? I just don't get it. Doesn't make sense to me. You leave the religion,yet when you want to have fun on the holidays, you come back to celebrate. Non-Muslims don't celebrate Eid, and Non-Jews, from my knowledge, don't celebrate Haunakkah. So why do Atheists celebrate Christmas? Makes me wonder. I have wondered this for years and would love to hear an answer.