how is christmas celebrated?
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just like ur birthday
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Christmas is no longer a religious holiday. It is a commercial holiday endorsed by the toy companies and the greeting card industry.\nChristmas, once called Yule before Christians took over the holiday, has been around far longer than the Christian religion. It was, and still is, a Pagan holiday celebrated during the Winter Solstice.\nChristmas is a time for families to get together, to  eat good food and listen to stories you've heard a million times. It's for turkey and mashed potatoes, and Christmas trees and broken ornaments. It's for watching your father fall off the ladder trying to put those icicle lights up just the way your mother wants, and watching little children's eyes light up when they see the "From: Santa" sticker on their presents.\nAnd please, not to be rude, but if you're going to call me a hypocrite, at least have the courtesy to spell the word correctly.
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Christmas is great.  You get presents and you sit by fires.  It brings friendship to people around the world.
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There are some religions that do not celebrate Christmas, including a Christin group or two. And Christmas has been so commercialized that the true meaning escapes many who are not religious. Their thoughts are drawn away from Christ, who is the true meaning of Christmas.\n\nI have always felt sorry at Christmas time for the children of families that didn't believe in Christmas...all of the lights, the decoratins, and of course the gifts. But as Christmas is now maybe they aren't missing out on a lot after all. All that stuff is just glitter masking the true meaning.  Of course we try to keep our children's hearts turned to Christ at that time of the year, but it is hard with all of the other stuff going on.
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You have Christmas in the summer? and what country is this. Christmas is celebrated throughout the world on December 25th.
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Christmas and Hanukkah.\nWhy does it have to be one or the other! why not both.  The Christians can have Christmas and the Jewish can have Hanukkah.  Love all people, and let all people be happy with their celebration and with what they believe.  Peace to ALL\n\nMy uncle and my brother bother are married to Jewish ladies.  and they both with their families celebrate Hanukkah, because it comes first, and then they celebrate Christmas.  Celebration is great, it is better than fighting or having any hate toward others. Enjoy, life is short, be happy.
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Advent means preparation for the arrival of something. At this time of year, Christians celebrate the birth or advent of Jesus. It starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas day and ends on the 25th of December. Many people buy a calendar and mark the days before then in some special fashion. Children can learn and enjoy the  preparation for the holiday in a meaningful way.
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I don't celebrate Yule for I am not Pagan, nor do I celebrate Christmas for I am not a "Pagan history ignoring" Christian.\n\nBut have a Happy- (whatever you celebrate)!
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Christmas is the day Jesus was born. The meaning of it is he was brought here to save us of our sins and he died for our sins. The presents our to give, just as the day Jesus was born the wise men gave presents to him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
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I'm from America, and our personal tradition is to go over to my parents or brothers house on Christmas Eve for dinner, family time, and opening gifts. Christmas morning, I try to wake up before the kids so we can watch them get excited by all the gifts 'Santa' left them in the night. Then, for the noon meal, my in-laws come over and we have more family time and opening gifts. Probably pretty similar to many Americans - very basic.\nOne thing our neighborhood does (on the 23rd this year) is have luminaries. It spans several blocks and the streets are closed to traffic, and the sight is really beautiful. It's a tradition that has been around since before I was born - there are carriage rides and hot cocoa and cookies in the park, and some people go caroling. \nMerry Christmas!
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no---Its a celebration Of Jesus Christ's birthday\n\nits not Santamas .....its not Xmas....its CHRISTmas
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For people all over to believe that Christmas is not about material things it is about love.  And being with someone you love. \n Family which can consist in many different types.
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Of course Christmas is celebrated, atheists are semi-normal people. The 'Christ' part is ignored, and most atheists are the 'closet' type, they don't go around bad mouthing Christians like the the very liberal types do.
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Since I was a kid, we always did the same thing.  About a week before Christmas, we'd make a thermos of hot chocolate, load everyone up in the car, put on some Christmas tunes and go look at all the Christmas lights.  Sometimes we'd assign each family member an item (snowmen, santas, nativities) and see how many we could count.  This is a tradition I've carried on with my own kids, and they look forward to it every year!
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no we dont celebrate Christmas.\n\n\nwe have our own holidays.\n\n\nthat Ancient holiday is Easter as it was the spring holiday for the Ancient Egyptians.\n\nso only Egyptian Muslims celebrate Easter as a traditional holiday not a religious one.
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Christmas!  that's when family and friends get together and just be happy and celebrate.
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St Martin is not heavily celebrated in the UK, but is is very much celebrated amonst a large portion of Europe.\n\n"On November 11, St. Martin's Day, children in Flanders, the southern and north-western parts of the Netherlands, the Catholic areas of Germany and Austria participate in paper lantern processions. Often, a man dressed as St. Martin rides on a horse in front of the procession. The children sing songs about St. Martin and about their lantern. The food traditionally eaten on the day is goose. According to legend, Martin was reluctant to become bishop, which is why he hid in a stable filled with geese. The noise made by the geese betrayed his location to the people who were looking for him.\n\nAlso in the east part of the Belgian province of East-Flanders and the west part of West Flanders, children receive presents from St. Martin on November 11, instead of from Saint Nicholas on December 6, or Santa Claus on December 25."\n\nApparantly he is also important in Latin America too.  I would guess he is most celebrated in Catholic nations while protestant nations do not celebrate him as much.\n\nEnjoy the chestnuts!