Someone was telling me that muslims celebrate Christmas?
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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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I say Merry Christmas because it is the day of Christ!  I really don't understand people who take offense to people saying Merry Christmas.  I wouldn't get all mad if someone wished me Happy Hannukah.  I'd just politely say "thank you, and to you as well", and be done with it.  What's so hard about being tolerant of the religious practices of others?
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Christmas is a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. I'm pretty sure that no one knows exactly when he was born, so Dec. 25 was adopted to celebrate his coming. So theres really no need to change it. For myself, I don't think the date is as important as his purpose. On the other hand, Gods timing is perfect, so I'm not going to question it or say that it's not important at all. Also Christians chose this day to counter and influence The Pegan "winter solstice". Some pegans adapted christianity, and Christians adapted the Christmas Tree. "Just one Christians point of view".
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I don't say "Merry Christmas" because I don't celebrate Christmas. I do celebrate Yule, however because I follow Asatru (Northern Euro Paganism). So I usually say "Happy Yule" or depending on who I'm greeting I may say "Happy Holidays" if I don't feel like explaining Yule at the time. Also, I don't hold it against anyone wishing me a Merry Xmas either. If someone wishes me Merry Xmas, I know it's a friendly greeting and not an attack on my religion. \n\nTo refer to the part of your question about people changing things, I think you're just seeing the effect of having a growing diversity. The country is not populated exclusively by Christmas celebrating Christians. There are a multitude of different clutures and religions, many of which have holidays celebrated around the solstice time. Because of that, many people offer up a greeting of "Happy Holidays" or "Seasons Greetings" when they don't know the background of whomever they are addressing or when addressing a wide audience. It's a matter of politeness and sensitivity. Also stores, for example are now referring to sales as "holiday" sales etc. Their reasoning for this is valid. They want to include as wide an audience as possible as customers. Whether you're Jewish, pagan, atheist or christian, your money is just as good. \n\nWith all that said. I don't think there is anything wrong with you saying Merry Christmas. If that is what you celebrate, good for you. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season (which I consider to be everything from Thanksgiving thru New Years). \n\nHappy Yule!
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! SOMEBODY IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO SPEAK OUT IN TRUTH! You are 100% CORRECT! ALL of the so-called "holidays"(holydays) were NEVER commanded in the Bible-EVER!!! Jeremiah Chapter 10 directly mentions a "christmas tree" as an IDOL! Astarte (Easter) is mentioned many times in the Old Testament as an ABOMINATION TO GOD!!! Tammuz is also in the Old Testament! And not in a good way! People simply follow what the "crowd" says to follow! DOES THAT MAKE IT RIGHT??? Borrowing Pagan traditions and somehow transforming them into "holy days" is unacceptable worship to GOD! DON'T BELIEVE A NOBODY LIKE ME--READ YOUR BIBLE!!! Please see for yourself! Then you will know what God REALLY feels about man-made traditions.....
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I know you said this question is for those who don't celebrate any religious holidays, but I'm going to answer anyways.  People seem to take great precaution to not offend anyone--unless, of course, they are Christians.  Go figure.  It can be so frustrating to see everyone try to take Jesus out of Christmas, isn't it?  :(  It may make you feel better to know that Happy Holiday means Happy Holy Day.  And I think it is safe to say Jesus's birthday is a VERY holy day, wouldn't you?  So... Happy Holy Day and a very Merry Christ-mas to you!
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is it Christmas already?
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I didn't realize everyone has been talking a bout Muslim here. Can you tell me more a bout what they  are saying? I'm not Muslim, but I have some Muslim relatives, they are perfectly nice, normal people. Some are embarrassed that their religion has been so negatively in the news lately. What do you think?
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It is!!! no really !!!  We have not read or heard of that theory, oh ... well for at least a thousand times.\n\nOh please.  Well, you just live and let live.  You don't like it, no one is forcing you to celebrate Christmas.  Please, have a life and let other have enjoy theirs.
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Well......My belief is....By refusing or choosing to say.."Happy Holidays"instead of "Merry Christmas".you are removing CHRIST from Christmas who is actually the reason for this day.....\nAnd to those people who are offended by it...you can choose to ignore the comment and just walk on by....it won't ruin your day or change your life in any way....stop using this as a way to get attention.\n\nOk..I'm ready for those thumbs down....but.....it won't change my opinion....\n\nand to ALL....MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!
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These Muslims in London recently seem to think so!\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0yoR8R4T1w\n\nThese Muslims Too!\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1ymxQZ-DLE&mode=related&search=
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I'm glad to see that, at least an Iranian Muslim said that they respect Jesus and celebrate New Year there.\n\nBut, I'm guessing the lady is not in Iran, but a refugee here.  Because the media we see about Iran, after the Ayotollahs took over, is horrifying!?\n\nThey'd stoned a woman to death for prostitution and hung a gay couple, recently, in Iran.
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I am betting they made a mistake on the paper... a typo perhaps or just human error in recording it.  Contact the school to verify.  Is it legal?  I do not know, but I know you can have them excused for religious reasons in America.  Any good lawyer can push that issue.  Just as some religions do not do Christmas and are excused the day of the party, etc.\n\nMy guess is that it was a mistake, but contact them to find out.\n\nSue
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HELL NO! That's a very broad generalization. How do you know it was a muslim? Maybe he was just making fun. Don't jump the gun because of it. I probably would have said the same thing, or something similar. Does that make me a cruel muslim?\n\nThe person's name was "homer simpson"....there's no way to tell if he was muslm by that.
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i say merry christmas.  we're not religious people, so we celebrate it as a family holiday.  we get together with all of our family members to eat and exchange gifts, and we do santa for the kids.  i can understand the whole pc happy holidays thing, but i don't think people of other belief systems should be offended if someone tells them merry christmas, they're just trying to be nice.
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I agree with you......Why do people have to ruin the Christmas Season by complaining about how they are greeted. Does it really matter if Someone says "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays"? I mean..does it physically hurt you or ruin your day?  Why can't people just say "Thank You" and go on with their lives?......I would rather someone said Merry Christmas to me then to ignore me or not say anything...... It's Christmas for God's sake......I still believe that Christ is part of Christmas...and am proud to say it...\nThanks for the GREAT Question/Comment.....and I hope that where ever you decide to shop, that they too will agree.\nI wold like to wish you a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS....ahead of the time.
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yes thats the right news.....they said that and i dunno why u always think ab other religions....here we have many moslims that dont like to wear scarf or something  like that they have to be muslim cuz of their post but many of them are agnostics and then why u talk ab religion ....thats ab people...ab iranian ...ab the people live in iran .....its like the comonist....wear same clothes...silly and i am sure they cant continue this way...people are tierd enough cuz of them...every one has to have this right to wear what he like....