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lifegetslifeyasfuck · 2 years ago

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Christmas: Religion vs. Tradition

Christmas. A time for gift giving, decorating your home, baking cookies, watching elf for the 500th time, an excuse to wear pajamas with cats in stockings on them, snow that is so beautiful.....until you go outside. The time of year where you can walk into most stores and it looks like Santa Claus took a shit in there. I personally, ADORE Christmas. This year, it is hard for me. I had a really rough 2021 and this year I am pretty much grieving someone no longer in my life whom shares this love of Christmas with me. I don't love this holiday because I am religious but because of the traditions. It includes everything I do whenever it's not the holidays. And yes, I watch Elf year round. But, me being me, I started thinking. Thinking about the meaning of Christmas. Not what it means for me but what it means for others. So, I hopped on what all Americans LOVE, google.

I started simple and typed in "What is Christmas about?" it stated, "Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world." I mean yes, that is where it all started. But, what about those of us who are not religious and still celebrate? I personally do not participate in organized religion. No hate. I have my own beliefs. According to a website I found, gallop, 85% of America celebrates Christmas. So a majority of us do but how many of that percentage celebrates for religious reasons? Sorry in advance for all the numbers but, I found a graph from pewrese called "Do you celebrate Christmas?" 92% of people they asked do celebrate, 7% said no and 1% sometimes. 51% celebrate it as a religious holiday and 32% said it is a cultural holiday.

So, it was time to interview my friends and family.....and random people at walmart. Summing up answers, when I asked what their favorite part of Christmas was they answered, seeing others faces when they open gifts, cooking and eating xmas dinner, spending time with family, giving, xmas movies, xmas music and baking. The general consensus of the question, what does christmas mean to you was giving to others and spending time with family.

A woman I talked with at Walmart, whom asked to remain anonymous, told me she did not celebrate Christmas as a kid because of the religion part of it. It was disheartening for her because when she would be at school all the other kids would be talking about how they were decorating their trees at home, listening to xmas music, participating in the Christmas spirit week. Going back to school after break just to hear about all the presents they got and reminder to her that she didn't get any. Although her parents robbed that from her as a child, she now celebrates with her family and has made traditions of her own with her children.

Now I only spoke with two women who celebrates Christmas as a religious holiday. One did not want to speak to much on it and the other woman, Kate, who identifies with Christianity, was very open and honest. This was a thorough conversation and one I really enjoyed having. I knew a majority of my conversations were going to be on the side of not celebrating Christmas for religious reasons. So, I want to give her the spotlight here and share our full conversation.

I first asked her "What does Christmas mean to you?" Kate - "It is about family and taking in those special moments. It is not about getting a bunch of presents. For me personally, it's a spiritual holiday. It is a time of reflection. This year my family went through a lot of trials and god carried us through everything. That time of reflection is really what Christmas is for me"

Although I do know Kate on a personal level I was pleasantly surprised by her next answer and I was a little nervous to ask, "In your opinion can Christmas only be celebrated as a religious holiday and why?" She told me "No. Many people have their own traditions for celebrating Christmas. I used to think you shouldn't celebrate if you didn't know the real meaning behind it. But as i grew up and had children I realized you get to celebrate whatever and however you want. I mean we all convince our children that there is this holly, jolly man who comes down the chimney to leave our children presents. I don't think people shouldn't be able to celebrate Christmas because they don't believe in God. I am not allowed to sit back and make that judgement on others for celebrating even if they aren't religious. It is a holiday where some people may not be religious but may look at it as a time to spend with family. However, I do disagree with the fact that people don't believe in God and don't think this holiday is to celebrate him."

If I am going to be honest, I re-read and re-read this to see where I was going with this. I don't think Christmas is really a question of being religious or not. I think it is made out to be that way by many people. I realize though, I was insecure about the fact that I love Christmas so much but I am not religious. But clearly it is not just me. I interviewed eight people and out of those two were religious and even they said they don't think you shouldn't celebrate Christmas if you're not religious. There's something to be said about having a day dedicated to traditions and family time. My bond is not with God. My bond is with my loved ones and I cherish these times and that's why I love Christmas. Also, I do love a good excuse to have a festive martini. With that being said, stay warm and have a Merry Christmas!

Drink every time you read Christmas.

(late post sorry)

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dracota · 2 years ago

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another squeeze to open but no rings because....

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this one rests on the crook of your hand between thumb & for finger.

The ring things wont fit this on though.

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this is an idea form way out of the box for using reverse action tweezers if squeezing is the easier part. there don’t seem to be any tongs but i only did quick searches but some of these can be as big as chop sticks... so?

there is a way to use a rubber band to make training chopsticks. the best method has you sandwiching the chopstick wrapper/paper with the rubber band but i can’t find any video on how to do this. i might just try making my own from what I remember from the Chinese restaurant that taught us how to do it in the 80′s.

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I'm desperately trying to keep my neck from subluxating again due to hormones/EDS chicanery, so I'm just sitting here trying to eat my midnight snack like:

ID: a gif of Ron Swanson attempting to throw a burger into his mouth, unable to move the rest of his body.

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