[Alkassyinhisk]

The non-religious people in your family probably seem to take it "very seriously"LMAO only because they know it would dissappoint the rest of your family if they said how they really feel, so dont flatter yourself and jesus into thinking they actually believe it. Since your so religious it sounds like a really oppressing and pressuring time for them. They might just be trying to be nice but its up to them to realize if its worth it to be fake and if that would be best in this situation to not ruin it for everyone else by starting an argument alfetta

Poor guy. Your probably one of those many guys whose family do not care for him. Who threw him out when he turned 18. One of those guys who can call his own mother a "whore" without feeling guilty. Typical retard in the west.

Christmas is a time when the family gathers to spend some time together on a special occassion. There is no need to be religious, I am for example not.

[obegeLype]

Well I do celebrate Christmas, because it our holiday being Christian and all. I usually buy gifts for the wife, and she buys me gifts also. After that we go visit friends and family. I am Christian so I take the celebrations very seriously and the same with the wife. Then we attend a church dinner, that's pretty much the end of it. Though my family do celebrate it bur rather more to be seen as Americans, so nothing of religious values to them. I am convert to Christianity and I am Anglican now, never felt better to be a Christian.

[foodselfdourileka]

Typical retard in the west.

Arent you just insulting yourself too? Since when are Italy and Sweden(your own profile flags) not considered "the west"?

[CFstantony]

Arent you just insulting yourself too? Since when are Italy and Sweden(your own profile flags) not considered "the west"?

I'm refering to the cultural part and it would be an insult to myself if I behaved that way. Though I do not but I am aware that many many do.

[timgillmoreeztf]

Unfortunately for some , Jesus wasn't born on 25th December --'

[ibiDb4uu]

Yes, it's a time to spend with my family and friends, who I only see twice a year.

[i6mbwwdh]

Yes, as if you don't pig out like the rest of us.

Actually romanians have a nice thing called Ignat day,in honor of Saint Ignacius, 1 week before Christmas: people that live in villages(and those that have relatives there go at them) and they all kill their home-grown pigs,then prepare into delicious foods for the winter(1 year old pig is actually expected to last for one family until the next year). It used to be more fun,with knifes and etc. but people now use all sort of gayEU stuff that is supposedly less painful for the pig. Also there is some stuff called "pig's charity" where you are supposed to give food made from the pig to other people,outside the family.

[QEoMi752]

here its not Christmas but Jul and its celebrated on the eve of 24th December by pagans aswel....its too pagan to be called a Christian holiday if you ask me.. Jesus was not even born in December according to the bible:P the original reason for the celebration is the turning of the sun around the 21th december...

when i was younger we used to celebrate it at home, but i have not celebrated it for a loong time...but this year i am planning to celebrate it...but to me the celebrations are the food, good company, and gifts..in my family we also give small gifts on new years eve....


Origins of the norwegian Jul celebrations and traditions.

[Acalsenunse]

christmas was a fusion between a christian and a pagan one (Asatur, celebrating winter solstice)....the church couldn't delete the old tradition so they just gave it a christian name to make it ok..

I'm proud that we Northern Europan still use the exotic word Jul.

This is typical christmas art here
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[doolarsva]

Yes, I celebrate the christian version.

[pouslytut]

Yeees, almost all the people celebrate it here

[glagoliska]

christmas was a fusion between a christian and a pagan one (Asatur, celebrating winter solstice)....the church couldn't delete the old tradition so they just gave it a christian name to make it ok..

I'm proud that we Northern Europan still use the exotic word Jul.

We also know it as Yule in English.

[kjanyeaz1]

Nope.

[goldcigarettes]

Nope.

You guys are extremists, though.

You don't even celebrate Hanukkah or Purim because they're not in the Tanakh.

[FalHaitle]

Yes, of course. You'd have to be homeless or some kind of terrorist not to celebrate Christmas.

[CHEAPSOFTOEMONLINE]

We eat hallacas , pork and "pan de jamon" (literally ham bread), which is made with bread, ham, olives and raisins.

Some people(my family included) decorate their houses with christmas stuff like christmas trees and shit like that.

So yeah, I'd say Christmas is very integrated in Venezuela.

[StizePypemype]

Yes I do celebrate Christmas, most of the time I am with my moms family, even though my moms parents are Atheist Jews. But with my Dads family its a lot less akward because they are Christians.

[Ladbarbastirm]

Christmas usually involves simply eating with the family (in all 7 people), listening them argue about life and issues, and then my cousin and I play RISK while my other cousin, his sister, watches television. She doesn't like to play.

[Viyzarei]

Christmas usually involves simply eating with the family (in all 7 people), listening them argue about life and issues, and then my cousin and I play RISK while my other cousin, his sister, watches television. She doesn't like to play.

Great!
That's what we do but we're only 3... We do not RISK anything though! However, we usually do it several times because we can't eat all that mum cooked/prepared/bought in one night (3 stomac only). Plus, there is my brother's birthday between christmas eve and NYE.


Are "assyrians" familiar with baba nawel, like some christian palestinians?

[Spongebob]

You guys are extremists, though.

You don't even celebrate Hanukkah or Purim because they're not in the Tanakh.

Not extremists, but purists