How do you celebrate Christmas if you are not religious?

Although many go to church as a family, there are plenty of things people can do as families that are completely secular: dinners, gift exchanges, ice skating, volunteering at a soup kitchen, holiday shows, etc. You could make the Christmas holidays an annual family reunion to strengthen familial ties.

What is opposite to atheist?

A theist is the opposite of an atheist. Theists believe in the existence of a god or gods. Like a theist, a deist believes in God.

Why do we celebrate Christmas as an atheist or agnostic?

You, the atheist or agnostic, may not be able to believe in a deity but may find inspiration in religion’s core principle: that humans should aspire to something larger than quotidian tasks. The Christmas season reminds us of that. May you have a peaceful and restorative, um, year-end.

Was Father Christmas a real person?

Someone else was told this by her Mum… ‘Father Christmas was real, his name was St Nicholas and he was a carpenter in a village that wasn’t the richest of villages…One year near the festive season, he decided he was going to make wooden toys to leave on the door steps of houses he knew children lived in and wouldn’t get muc h else for Christmas.

Should we respect religious people at Christmas?

Once you accept that respecting religious people doesn’t violate your integrity, it’s easier to enter into Christmas activities without the antipathy experienced and even displayed by many atheists and agnostics. For example, you can enjoy Christmas caroling. So what if you have to sing songs like “Oh Come All Ye Faithful?”

How did Father Christmas change over the years?

Until Victorian times, Father Christmas was concerned with adult feasting and merry-making. He had no particular connection with children, nor with the giving of presents, nocturnal visits, stockings or chimneys. But as later Victorian Christmases developed into child-centric family festivals, Father Christmas became a bringer of gifts.