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Looking back to my Anglo Saxon roots which of which I'm extremely proud ,I just wondered if anybody observes it as a Christian religious festival still?
To me it is still one of the great pagan Mid Winter Feasts!
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We do. I can't state unequivocally that I am a Christian, but my Wife certainly is. I've never discussed it with my Children 29/32, but I don't believe that they are practicing Christians. However it is our tradition, that on Christmas Day, that we will all 4 go to our locaL Church, where my Wife is a member and partake in the Christmas Day service.
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For me Christmas is just an holiday and time off work. I like the quiet life and don't celebrate Christmas. My three sisters do, mainly down to the kids. The eldest sister is a practising Christian and goes to church a couple of times a week. My parents just have a quiet Christmas lunch, often made up with visits from my sisters and the grandchildren.
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We celebrate Christmas as a Christian holiday(Holy Day), attend church and we also give gifts...but, we do sacrifice a roasted turkey to our pagan gods about supper time!
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Do you put up a tree , holly wreaths ,sprigs of mistletoe?Originally Posted by TundraWolf
We celebrate Christmas as a Christian holiday(Holy Day), attend church and we also give gifts...but, we do sacrifice a roasted turkey to our pagan gods about supper time!
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Christmas yes, religous holiday no. We celebrate December the 25th as our ancestors thousands of years ago would have celebrated it before the bible punchers hi-jacked it. Well with a few differences of course.
Not many though!
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Christmas yes, religous holiday no. We celebrate December the 25th as our ancestors thousands of years ago would have celebrated it before the bible punchers hi-jacked it. Well with a few differences of course.
Not many though!
Pretty much how I see it Woody.
Before CHRISTmas our ancestors had been observing a time of feasting during the Midwinter period well before the advent of the Christian version!
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Last Christmas, ( not the Wham Xmas hit)...we as a family had an agreed "no present buying" Christmas.
It was nicer and somehow better, probably the best Christmas Day together, ever.
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[quote="sweeneywolf" Christmas.
It was nicer and somehow better, probably the best Christmas Day together, ever.[/quote]
"Agreed"?
Greaves used to say that you are so tight, only dogs can hear you fart
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"Pretty much how I see it Woody.
Before CHRISTmas our ancestors had been observing a time of feasting during the Midwinter period well before the advent of the Christian version!"
I know the enemy is taking christmas seriously this year because she has built a festive
wicker man in the back yard.
Can't imagine who it's for.:-?
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