Atheists Celebrating Christmas?

Just curious to to see how many celebrate it. I'm not an atheist.

I've kind of mellowed my views from Atheist to Agnostic, but yes, I celebrate Christmas with my friends and family.  More of the Santa Claus nature of it than the birth of Jesus part of it. 

Yes. Christmas can be celebrated without praying or believing. It's part of the culture and it's fun. It's origin was not in Christianity, but in the pagan Saturnalia festivals, which were strategically co-opted by the Church. It is not really known what time of the year Jesus was born. My mother is Greek Orthodox, and even today Christmas is something the church gives extra attention mainly to serve popular demand. Easter is a much more important holiday for the Greek Orthodox. I celebrate that too because I'm an atheist who loves lamb.

chopper wrote: I still celebrate Christmas although it long ago stopped being any kind of religious ceremony anyway. And it starts way too early in this country.

Of course we celebrate it. What's religion got to do with it anyway? Who doesn't love a fat dude breaking into your house and leaving you stuff. When are the Republicans going to start tracking and setting up databases for that I wonder. Merry Freakin' Christmas everyone and to all a good fright.

there's nothing left to celebrate so I've moved from a "yes" to a "no"

Guldbamsen wrote: Jesus was a cool cat and has always been one of my idols. I don't subscribe to the notion of his daddyo or the bible and neither does the majority of my family....but we've always celebrated Christmas.

Ditto! Christ is one of my greatest hero's along with Gandhi! I don't subscribe to any of the mythical claims bestowed upon Jesus, but feel that his revolutionary appeals for peaceful co-existence and tolerance are to second to none.

When it comes to revealing human potential Jesus is the gold standard. As for holidays, dogmas, and rituals...not so much.

I'm not an athiest per say, nor an agnostic really. I prefer the term indifferent. That being said I celebrate Christmas. The majority of my family is christian and it's a good excuse to get together and gift-give.

My family is Christian (and I am not), but I still love visiting my family on this holiday. It gives me a week to spend time with people I never get to see the rest of the year.