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PrintableImago said: Anxiety said: for me, christmas is more of a time to stop and appreciate family and loved ones and a time to allow yourself to be appreciated by them, than it is anything else.
if it were a matter of celebrating the birth of christ, i wouldn't celebrate christmas, since i don't believe in christ any more or less than i believe in the buddha or any other major religious figure, and i don't celebrate their births even if i do have a certain respect for the different teachings of various religions. and it's not a celebration of the holiday's supposed pagan origins, cuz i have little knowledge of what all THAT is about. it's just something i grew up with, and something that was important to my family, and something that i know is important to most people i know, so i guess in short, it's more about tradition and appreciation than anything else. and hey, when else are ya gonna drink egg nog?  I'm like so RAW Vegan now  that I don't do that kind of stuff. That's for Windows Vista users who like Dunken Donuts coffee you can get soy silk "egg" nog, you know. | |
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Anxiety said: Imago said: I'm like so RAW Vegan now that I don't do that kind of stuff. That's for Windows Vista users who like Dunken Donuts coffee you can get soy silk "egg" nog, you know. Raw?
Raw is the new non toxic, natural pigmented, pink. | |
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Imago said: Anxiety said: you can get soy silk "egg" nog, you know. Raw?
Raw is the new non toxic, natural pigmented, pink. OMG, the direction this thread is going is sooooo john schneider-era "smallville". | |
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Anxiety said: for me, christmas is more of a time to stop and appreciate family and loved ones and a time to allow yourself to be appreciated by them, than it is anything else.
if it were a matter of celebrating the birth of christ, i wouldn't celebrate christmas, since i don't believe in christ any more or less than i believe in the buddha or any other major religious figure, and i don't celebrate their births even if i do have a certain respect for the different teachings of various religions. and it's not a celebration of the holiday's supposed pagan origins, cuz i have little knowledge of what all THAT is about. it's just something i grew up with, and something that was important to my family, and something that i know is important to most people i know, so i guess in short, it's more about tradition and appreciation than anything else. and hey, when else are ya gonna drink egg nog? As usual I feel the same way except for the Egg Nog part.... eggs  | |
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I don't celebrate X-mas at all.
However, given that it's a secular holiday and people have time off of work and school, it can be a practical time to get together with far-off family members. Religious matters aside, I hate the whole commercial, materialistic aspect of this holiday. | |
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veronikka said: This year unfortunately we won't have as much family around since some have moved out of state. But we get together with the family that is left, we celebrate Dec. 24th and stay up til midnight to open gifts
 . We have lots of food mexican food such as tamales and pozole  Veronikka, I swear you and I are made from the same cloth. We celebrate on the 24th, open our presents at mid-night, eat pozole and tamales, and bunuelos for dessert!!!  We have a 4 little ones in our extended family so we also break a little pinata to help the kids pass the time till mid-night. | |
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vacation days
mid point for winter to end and spring to begin 
Helping people out to get through the winter time snow and festive lights trying to avoid getting a cold or the flu | |
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