FabSwingers.com forum: Why do you celebrate Christmas?

By *ildo_swagginsthe3rd OP Woman
over a year ago

Wales

Not to piss on anyone's chips (those who love celebrating Christmas), or those who celebrate it for Jesus, but, I'm curious about it really.

I don't believe Jesus died and was born again..I'm more inclined to celebrate the winter solstice.

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

Mainly just as an excuse to get the family together

LvM

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Isn't Easter celebrating him dying and rising again?

I don't really celebrate Christmas, more the days off work

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By *ilthycoupleabzCouple
over a year ago

Aberdeen

Cos I have no choice as the minions, well the younger two anyway, would be devastated if I didn't

MrsAbz

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By *xfordjohnMan
over a year ago

Oxford

"Not to piss on anyone's chips (those who love celebrating Christmas), or those who celebrate it for Jesus, but, I'm curious about it really.

I don't believe Jesus died and was born again..I'm more inclined to celebrate the winter solstice. "

The died and born again bit is Easter, not Christmas. The date was chosen to co-incide with the pagan festival and take it over so now, in these more enlightened times, we can all enjoy it for our own reasons. Like everybody else, Christians look forward to a new year with hope.

Happy Christmas or solstice whatever your faith or none

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seeing family, time off work, drinking too much. So many reasons

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By *ildo_swagginsthe3rd OP Woman
over a year ago

Wales

"Isn't Easter celebrating him dying and rising again?

I don't really celebrate Christmas, more the days off work

I got the religious holidays mixed up! I meant Jesus's birth.

Yeah I celebrate the days off work too.

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By *ittlebirdWoman
over a year ago

The Big Smoke

Because I love the baby Jesus…

And the wee donkey

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By *ildo_swagginsthe3rd OP Woman
over a year ago

Wales

"Because I love the baby Jesus…

And the wee donkey "

I think I played one of the donkeys at a nativity...

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By *ildo_swagginsthe3rd OP Woman
over a year ago

Wales

"Cos I have no choice as the minions, well the younger two anyway, would be devastated if I didn't

MrsAbz"

I can see celebrating it for your kids, I mean, it'd be harsh if they had to miss out.

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By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

Delightful Bliss

Because its the only time of year, we can all leave our shit at the door and get along

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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe

"Because I love the baby Jesus…

And the wee donkey

I think I played one of the donkeys at a nativity...

Did you use the pronouns Hee/Haw?

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By *ittlebirdWoman
over a year ago

The Big Smoke

"Because I love the baby Jesus…

And the wee donkey

I think I played one of the donkeys at a nativity...

Front or back?

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I don't celebrate Christmas as in the birth of Jesus. I see it as a time of celebration, feasting and gift giving with family and friends.

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By *obilebottomMan
over a year ago

All over

Whatever everyone's reason is, if they do it with love for one another, getting together to celebrate, care and support others in nees, all the good reasons and not just food and drink, that is all good in my book

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For me it is celebrating nothing, not into religion, my feelings it is a time to give to those less fortunate. Hence I work over festive season.

As new year approaches for me it is out with old 2023 and ring in new chapters and beginings 2024.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Habit?

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By *r Mrs FuckableCouple
over a year ago

Stoke

I'm not religious so it's the celebration of Santa for me!

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By *inger_SnapWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire/Dorset

I don't really. If it wasn't for family I'd avoid it altogether, it's time, money and effort that could be better used elsewhere.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago

Transsexual Transylvania

I'm celebrating the birth of Christ.

I'll be off to midnight mass in a while. Father Christmas will do his thing after we go to bed.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

A Jesus of Nazareth was born to parents called Mary and Joseph, during the reign of Herod. That much is historic fact and borne out by the records kept by the Romans. Whether his mother was impregnated by the holy ghost and whether he was the bodily incarnation of any deity is definitely up for debate though!

He was born in around 4-6 BC (yes, they got their dates fucked up) and died in c.32 AD. Definitely crucified, again, there are records. Serious debate about the rising again bit etc etc.

The birth would more likely have been in late September or October time. The Romans would not have called a census in the winter, when travel to one's own village would have been difficult/impossible, and it wouldn't have been in the summer crop harvesting season either. If shepherds still had sheep living out in the fields (and were watching over them), October is the latest month it would have been. We have Christmas in December because when the Romans made Christianity the state religion, they substituted Christian festivals for their traditional ones, so Christmas slotted into the space where Saturnalia has existed.

Lots of the contents of the Bible, especially the Old Testament, are rooted in historic fact. Lots of it also isn't (like the creation story). Lots of it is truth mixed in with mysticsm and the interpretation of humans, who attributed natural phenomena to deities, but they had no other explanation available to them at the time.

And no, I would no longer define myself as Christian.

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By *eordieJeansCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

I celebrate having extended time off work with my kids which is very rare for me now they’re both in school. I celebrate the joy on their faces on Christmas morning when they get the things they want because they deserve the world and I also celebrate being able to have more than one lie in every two weeks.

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By *ickshawedCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

I was brought up celebrating Christmas, despite my Jewish-atheist family. So for me it's a family tradition. Religion has no place in it for me. It's a nice excuse to see people, spoil the children and eat really nice food.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I was brought up celebrating Christmas, despite my Jewish-atheist family. So for me it's a family tradition. Religion has no place in it for me. It's a nice excuse to see people, spoil the children and eat really nice food."

I have a weird religious connection with Christmas. My maternal Grandparents were very committed Christians and brought us up similarly. But my Dad's family were a non British

-Jewish and British-atheist combo and didn't really "do" Christmas. I've never been that invested in it as a gift giving thing, our children had/have limited (and only reasonable/needed) gifts and we don't spend loads of money. It's actually weird being in the UK for it all again this year. It was nice to be away and able to do random stuff without people asking about Christmas every 5mins

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