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How Christian is your Christmas?

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winterwhite Tue 19-Nov-24 13:48:31

My Christmas is family centred. It includes carol-singing, which the OP mentioned. Only one adult DD and family are churchgoing. My Christmas cards never have nativity themes. I don’t overthink these things.

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vampirequeen Tue 19-Nov-24 13:42:01

I'm not a Christian so there is no Christianity in my Christmas. Although it's now referred to as Christmas, mid-Winter festivals have been held for thousands of years. So in our house it's simply that. Lots of greenery, lots of food and lots of fun.

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dogsmother Tue 19-Nov-24 13:41:30

Not very, although I do have faith in God. I am not religious because I dislike what I see happening within organised churches.

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Allira Tue 19-Nov-24 13:37:27

I'm going to try to sew up a knitted Nativity set this afternoon 😁

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escaped Tue 19-Nov-24 13:34:10

My celebrations are Christian centered. DH is a chorister whose job it is to commemorate Jesus' advent and birth.
I don't complain if other people want to celebrate differently.

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Mollygo Tue 19-Nov-24 13:23:10

Jackiest

My Christmas is as Christian as I am.

Christmas is as Christian as your beliefs make it.

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Jackiest Tue 19-Nov-24 13:20:02

My Christmas is as Christian as I am.

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Daddima Tue 19-Nov-24 13:05:28

I’ve just seen yet another post on social media complaining ( wrongly) about Christmas being ‘banned’ to avoid offending what the poster calls ‘ minorities’. They trotted out the usual ‘ we are a Christian country and these people must abide by that’, but I’m willing to bet that the poster didn’t really include the birth of Jesus in their celebrations.
Now, when our children were small, we had a crib, they got the Christmas story in school, sang Christmas hymns, and we always went to Mass on Christmas Day, but I must honestly say that Santa figured in our children’s Christmas more than Jesus did. I’m seeing this repeated with my grandchildren, and I’m wondering just how many people have celebrations centered on Jesus.

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