I'm an atheist, but I enjoy Christmas, and I call it Christmas because I respect all those who do believe. My family is very religous. I'm like the black sheep of the family in that sense. I won't call it 'the holiday season' because Christmas offends people. It is what it is, and this country shouldn't have to change to cater to the whining minorities. Although I'm an atheist, I have respect for people, I'm not ignorant and I'm open minded. Because of my different beliefs, Christmas takes on a different meaning to me. For me it's an opportunity to spend some solid time with my family that I don't get to see very often. Families are far more seperated these days than ever before. Back in the day everyone lived within mostly a few miles of eachother...now I've got family in the UK, Canada, the US...Flights are fast but it's expensive and hard to get to see everyone.
Although I'm an atheist, I still find the commercialisation of any holiday pretty disgusting and I refuse to get caught up in it. I like to buy gifts for people because I think they deserve it. Not because I feel obligated to.
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