chorba Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I will be ignoring it, as I do with other religious celebrations. Abrahamic religious celebrations or all religious celebrations? Do you celebrate Christmas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quisquose Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 What is the unpleasant thing it is celebrating? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannukah#Modern_scholarship The violent victory of traditional Jews over the more liberal Hellenistic Jews. The resultant imposition of theocratic barbaric practices, sacrifices and circumcisions. Edit. As Christopher Hitchens puts it in this article, a victory for "fundamentalist thuggery to secularism and philosophy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 here in the Philippines Christmas starts the week after Easter just as it finishes the week before. But it's still dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Strangely in Sweden it is customary to put a 5 candle version of the Menora in the window. Morphic resonance I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccsux Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Do you celebrate Christmas? Not personally, though christmas (or Yule/Winter Solstice) has little to do with religion (other than in name). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Isn't that an odd question to ask on SF? Judaism is pretty much a closed religion and also there's not many Jews in Sheffield. As a gentile I won't be doing anything, but I wish you a good time on the day Sorry I didn't realise that Hannukah is eight days, not just one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chorba Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 ................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quisquose Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 The winter solstice is a non-Abrahamic, pagan religious celebration. I would say that the winter solstice is just that, the winter solstice, the point at which the days start to get longer again. It has been celebrated by humanity for that reason alone. Whether people want to add other reasons, religious or otherwise, is up to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quisquose Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Not personally, though christmas (or Yule/Winter Solstice) has little to do with religion (other than in name). Yes, and I would add that since we are restricted by the English language that we are brought up to use, we should be comfortable with using the words Christmas or Xmas. It does not mean that we pay any respect to the religious meaning that some apply to the winter solstice period, simply by using a word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccsux Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 The winter solstice is a non-Abrahamic, pagan religious celebration. No, it's a natural, re-occurring event that people thousands of years ago celebrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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