If you are not a christian,why do u celebrate Christmas or Easter. what's the point?

For Christians, these holidays are times in Jesus' life , but what's the point if u dont believe in Jesus?
Anonymous User
Anonymous User
Asked Apr 03, 2010
easter was originally called osatra from the germanic,norse,and swedish countries that usually was celebrated aroundmarch20th,21st or 22nd that celebrated the upcoming of summer and freya was one of the goddesses tributed during this time for fertility of the upcoming seeding of the earth..yule was celebrated by the same kindred (tribes or families) on or about the 21st of december. june21st was midsummer and sept. 21st was for protection during the upcoming winter... THEY usually clebrated the changes of the seasons similiar to the indian traditions. every three months was the main for the kindred celebrated. Christian crusaders adopted the holidays in a attempt to get the people to transfer over to thier system with easier consious grief. Study the history of religion and all of its origins
Christmas: For the holiday spirit (as in, instead of for the sake of religion, it's for the joy, warmth, happiness, good tidings, friends, family, etc...), presents, the food associated with it. It's a fun holiday. I'm Atheist myself, but my mom, grandmother, and I celebrate Christmas every year. I can't speak for their religious views, but I'm pretty sure my mom is Atheist too. Anyways, we have a huge tray of home made lasagna (made from scratch), and spend time as a family (in addition to the usual stuff like decorating a tree).

Easter: I celebrate this the same way I celebrate Halloween. I wait till the day after and buy a ton of candy at a huge discount. Oh and I like hardboiled eggs :P
Oni_Kami
Answered Apr 04, 2010
( I asked the question ) Ur right, but but to non-Christians, what are they celebrating? Christians are celebrating Jesus' birth and death, if you don't believe in Jesus, what are you celebrating?
P.S., I love the hard-boiled eggs too ;D
Hatrat Apr 04, 2010
I guess in a sense, I'm not actually celebrating. I mean, I put up a tree, and decorate it, and we eat as a family, and exchange presents, but we're not actually celebrating anything, we're just having fun.
ok, but also then, to non-Christians, where did the holidays come from? why are they even celebrated?
Hatrat Apr 12, 2010
Well, you can check the wikipedia article on Christmas for its origins, but as for where did it come from for non-Christians, I'd have to guess that other people just went, "Oh that looks like fun, I'll do it too."
in all reality the holidays that are christian really are pagan. back around the time when christianity began to take over they used the dates that the pagans used to celebrate various things with nature, I cant remember the exact names, but they used those days as a reference and put those days as the birth and resurrection of jesus christ. if I remember right the pagan holiday that corresponds with christmas is called yule, which was a time that the pagans celebrated winter with. Easter was a celebration of spring for the pagans.

hope this helps. it all came from my sister who is pagan.
night_angel
Answered Jul 14, 2010
On St. Patricks Day, the world is Irish also. How do you spell T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N?
Rob
Answered Jul 14, 2010

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