Christians who don't celebrate Christmas, Easter, etc.

[Fairycat]

Originally Posted by hac1224 I have not looked through the rest of this website, but most of this list is why: http://www.letgodbetrue.com/bible/ho.../christmas.php There are a couple of strange ones on this list, so don't quote me on all of them.

I know you said don't quote you but I have to. I would not use that page for a lesson in scripture. It has so many anti-Catholic "scriptures" it shows they don't have a clue. How can the bible, be telling people to leave things and ideas, before they even exist? I think they are stretching their own anti-Catholic views more then anything.

If you want to look to scripture go ahead, but I would take everything that site says with a giant bottle of salt, as they seem pretty confused on a lot of scriptural meaning.

[hac1224]

Originally Posted by Fairycat I know you said don't quote you but I have to. I would not use that page for a lesson in scripture. It has so many anti-Catholic "scriptures" it shows they don't have a clue. How can the bible, be telling people to leave things and ideas, before they even exist? I think they are stretching their own anti-Catholic views more then anything. If you want to look to scripture go ahead, but I would take everything that site says with a giant bottle of salt, as they seem pretty confused on a lot of scriptural meaning.

Still not a denomination I adhere to the teachings of completely, but this is a better article: http://www.ucg.org/holidays-and-holy...ate-christmas/

[eguisgirl]

Originally Posted by Quickshep19 this should be interesting Jodie ~ wife & mama

This is what I was thinking, too. I was waiting for the ,"I am not Christian but..." answers and it happened in the first reply. LOL

Originally Posted by GreenHome Sewing I don't know a TON about it, but Sam's Mom doesn't do any of the "Christian" holidays. She celebrates things at other times in the year, however she is VERY Christian. She doesn't celebrate birthday's either, worships on Saturday, etc. I guess she follows more of the originally intended Christian holidays rather than the Roman Catholic Junk. I'll have to ask Sam more about it. So, I'm not Christian myself, although my family did Christmas, Easter, etc. growing up even though no one was really God worshiping. I've always held more Pagan views. My family sounds like yours, though, in that we have a HUGE extended family and every one does their own celebration (so, a zillion different events to attend.) It is WAY too much for me with three kids of my own now. I think we will focus more on celebrating the Solstice (21st), avoid the huge get-togethers (we'll plan a visit to each household separately and calmly sometime in December so gifts can still be exchanged and family visited) and we will otherwise get on with our lives. On a side note, I love holiday time. Lights, music, family, food, yay! TO my knowledge, Christmas began with the Romans, although the Pagan Solstice occurs right around the same time. They were blending a lot of Pagan views with Christian views at that time. There was something about a week in December being a week of lawlessness, ending in sacrifice, which was later turned into "Jesus' Birthday!" when Rome went more Catholic. Something like that anyway.

To the bolded: Wow! How offensive!

To the OP: We do celebrate Christmas focusing on Jesus' birth while recognizing that He was not born in December. We focus on family time, posadas, St. Nick, and very few gifts.

We also celebrate Easter (and other celebrations along the liturgical calendar) but again focusing on the resurrection- not the commercial aspect of the holiday.

[Hope4More]

Originally Posted by eguisgirl To the bolded: Wow! How offensive! To the OP: We do celebrate Christmas focusing on Jesus' birth while recognizing that He was not born in December. We focus on family time, posadas, St. Nick, and very few gifts. We also celebrate Easter (and other celebrations along the liturgical calendar) but again focusing on the resurrection- not the commercial aspect of the holiday.

this is what we do, although we dont hold back on gifts, meaning we save and save so that we can turn our blessings into blessings for others without expecting anything in return.

And I'd also like to add the Roman Catholic comment was offensive.

[Rdesonia]

I think Christmas is too commercialized. I celebrate it bit modified. We don't do the guy from the North Pole. Instead I give 3 gifts to my kids. (to represent the 3 gifts given to Jesus by the Wise Men and also we discuss the story of Saint Nicholas.)

At Easter, we always have unleavened bread as part of the meal and we discuss the parallels between passover and Easter. (The blood of the lamb saving us from physical death and the "blood of the lamb"/ Jesus saving us from a spiritual death.)

**I know you asked about people who don't celebrate them. We do but in a less commercialized fashion. Also we don't "visit" family during the holidays. We tell everyone that we enjoy our own "traditions" and it is important to our family unit that we spend time together. This works as we would have to travel to visit family.

[eguisgirl]

Originally Posted by Hope4More this is what we do, although we dont hold back on gifts, meaning we save and save so that we can turn our blessings into blessings for others without expecting anything in return. And I'd also like to add the Roman Catholic comment was offensive.

I should clarify- we do give gifts. It just is not the focus of the holiday and every year is different. This past year we did not do any gifts because we took our children to Mexico for a month.

I do not go crazy over the gifts, but I do looove giving handmade (usually knits or homemade soap type items) to friends and family. I also request that our family does not go crazy buying the kids things they do not need but rather focus on experiences and times together. We want to keep Christ as the center focus of Christmas- not gift giving but since gift giving is my #1 love language,
I do like to bless others.