Do you celebrate christmas even if you're not Christian?
By wigima5
@wigima5 (904)
United States
November 28, 2009 9:49pm CST
Well with how Christmas has been commercialized in these days, it seems like nearly everyone is celebrating it. It's become a custom, at least in america, for friends and dear ones to exchange gifts as a way of showing you care. I have friends who are of a different religion or not religious at all but we all still exchange gifts.
So how about u? Do you celebrate it and buy gifts even if you are not Christian or religious? Is it even celebrated in your country? Do you have friends who are not christian and still celebrate it with u?
3 responses
@sandymay16 (1617)
• Philippines
30 Nov 09
I celebrate Christmas because I'm a Christian. But I have a penfriend who lives in another country who sends me Christmas cards and I think she likes Christmas too but she says she's pagan.
And I know of someone from an office I used to work where she doesn't celebrate at all even birthdays. Parties are always present in offices and this co-worker will only come and eat after the songs and prayers hvae been made. She doesn't even sing the National Anthem. So weird really. I really don't mind her not believing in Christmas and not participating in exchange gifts and not contributing to the party food but participationg in the eating, Oh no, that's so not proper.
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
29 Nov 09
Hi wigima, I live in multiracial country. All the people in my place feel happy to celebrate different religious festive days. We feel pleasant as well during Christmas festive season
All the commercial buildings here, like shopping malls, hypermarkets, restaurants, hotels, etc starts to decorate their respective building with colorful Christmas neon lights, ornaments, huge postal of sleigh and deer, Santa clause, ..... All kinds of Christmas songs on-air are heard as well. Wow, all these have made the night scene so attractive as well as to boost up the cheerful atmosphere of Christmas at the same time
Christmas is a public holiday in my place. So that we are glad to watch Christmas tv programs at home. Though I'm not a christian I still will bring Christmas gifts to attend all the festive gathering held in my friends house
Happy posting!
All the commercial buildings here, like shopping malls, hypermarkets, restaurants, hotels, etc starts to decorate their respective building with colorful Christmas neon lights, ornaments, huge postal of sleigh and deer, Santa clause, ..... All kinds of Christmas songs on-air are heard as well. Wow, all these have made the night scene so attractive as well as to boost up the cheerful atmosphere of Christmas at the same time
Christmas is a public holiday in my place. So that we are glad to watch Christmas tv programs at home. Though I'm not a christian I still will bring Christmas gifts to attend all the festive gathering held in my friends house
Happy posting!@wigima5 (904)
• United States
27 Dec 09
hmm wat country is that? america is like that too. except now it is starting to get ridiculous because certain public places ban religious xmas things like xmas trees, and i recently heard of santa claus not being allowed in schools. all because a few ppl are annoyed by these things. i think its ridiculous.
@soledadclickz (1106)
• Philippines
29 Nov 09
Hi. I am a Catholic and we celebrate Christmas. But like you, I also have a lot of friends and work colleagues who belong to other religions which do not believe in Christmas. Based on experience, they also participate in our Christmas parties and gift-giving activities. And most of all, they also get to enjoy the bonuses and paid work holidays provided by most companies during the Christmas season.
@wigima5 (904)
• United States
29 Nov 09
I wonder, do you ever mind?
Cuz I don't mind about the gift giving. But when one of my buddhist friends talks about how in her country they have such big celebrations for it, and many traditions of christians. I feel like they kind of don't deserve to have all these traditions because they do not even know the origins of what this is all about and I think it should mean more to us than them.




