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Title: What holiday do you celebrate in December)
Post by: loldudex2 on November 22, 2011, 11:35:55 PM

I thought this would be interesting and a good way to get to know eachother.

I know people of many ethnicities from all around the world are on here, and I was wondering what holiday you celebrate?

Christmas? Hanukkah? Kwanzaa? Other?

I, as I assume most of the people on here, celebrate Christmas.


NOTE: This is not meant for people to force their religion or bash other cultures. This is purely for my curiosity.

Title: Re: What holiday do you celebrate in December)
Post by: Don Boyer on November 23, 2011, 02:10:38 AM

I like to celebrate Festivus.  It's time to set up my Festivus pole for the airing of grievances!

Festivus!  The holiday for the rest of us!

(If you don't get the reference, look it up somewhere - it's from a TV show called "Seinfeld".)

On a more serious note, I was born Catholic but have been agnostic for practically my whole life, with newfound tendencies toward Zen Buddhism.  My girlfriend is Jewish, but being raised in Ukraine means that she never learned to practice as a child and barely practices now.  She even eats pork!  (No sexual reference intended, folks...)
 :o

Title: Re: What holiday do you celebrate in December)
Post by: Kanped on November 23, 2011, 02:53:13 AM

Good, traditional Northern Irish Christmas, where the drink flows verily and we all talk about 'the other ones', who are doing exactly the same thing.

Title: Re: What holiday do you celebrate in December)
Post by: Don Boyer on November 23, 2011, 03:05:36 AM

Ah, I remember the first and last time I was in (southern) Ireland, every doorway I walked into someone was trying to put a drink in my hand.  My ex-wife was the designated driver, I was the designated drinker.  Even her 93-year-old grandmother was drinking me under the table, pouring Scotch in water glasses!  Ever see someone ask for "two fingers" of booze and the fingers were spread wide apart?  That's what I was being served.  I'm surprised I wasn't offered Guinness for breakfast...

Title: Re: What holiday do you celebrate in December)
Post by: xela on November 23, 2011, 04:07:20 AM

New Year's! I used to celebrate Chanukkah but I respect Judaism enough to not celebrate the holidays when I don't believe in religion anymore. Still, the idea of the holiday season is one I adore, so I try to relive my family's old tradition of a secular New Year's (in Russia, this is the time you exchange presents, get together, etc.).

Title: Re: What holiday do you celebrate in December)
Post by: Kanped on November 23, 2011, 08:40:49 AM

Quote from: Good@Sabacc on November 23, 2011, 03:05:36 AM

Guinness for breakfast...

Been there.  Not bad, actually; plenty of iron, good way to start the day.  I should point out that while my extended family is mostly quite-to-very religious, I'm actually an atheist and an anti-theist but I love Christmas and I love my family.  I would never give that up.

Title: Re: What holiday do you celebrate in December)
Post by: john on November 23, 2011, 01:41:58 PM

I celebrate christmas, and ill leave it at that.

Title: Re: What holiday do you celebrate in December)
Post by: John B. on November 28, 2011, 07:53:38 PM

i celebrate the birth of christ, so christmas

Title: Re: What holiday do you celebrate in December)
Post by: Atheosile on November 29, 2011, 12:37:49 AM

Me also being an atheist, I celebrate Christmas, but not the birth of Christ. But I look at it as time to see distant family and enjoy each others company and what not.

Title: Re: What holiday do you celebrate in December)
Post by: Don Boyer on November 29, 2011, 01:34:10 AM

I do celebrate Christmas, but less as a religious holiday and more as a "joy and happiness to your fellow man" kind of holiday.

My mom's family grew up in Quebec and her dad worked as a taxi driver.  They usually didn't have enough money to buy Christmas presents, so they did something rather clever - her parents, aunts and uncles all waited for the after-Christmas/Boxing Day sales to buy everyone's gifts, then exchanged them on New Year's Eve!  They still keep up that tradition, even though most of her immediate relations are living in the States.  Usually it's Christmas with spouse and children, then New Year's with the rest.

Title: Re: What holiday do you celebrate in December)
Post by: MrLukeCarroll on December 01, 2011, 03:58:18 AM

Christmas :)

Just finished setting up the tree and lights for the house just then.

However we also don't celebrate for religious reasons.