Do all you atheists and agnostics celebrate christmas?

No one knows if there ever really was a Jesus, let alone when he might have been born. It is utter bullshit that Palestine would have been cold in December 2000 years ago. Thanksgiving was established in 1863 by Lincoln as a religiously plural, religious holiday.

So babies don't come out until the weather warms up a bit?

I didn't know that.

Peace on earth , Goodwill toward men.

After we divorced, my ex wife joined the Jehovah Witness church. My kids came home from visiting her one day, saying she told them she was not giving them any more Christmas gifts. It is not Jesus's birthday, so no reason to celebrate. I explained it to the kids, so they could explain to her: If you know a child, but nobody knows when he was born, you arbitrarily pick a day for him to celebrate, out of human decency. So it is with Jesus. Why nitpick a poor kid out of something as special as their own birth?

I am not certain how that turned out, because of a number of factors I don't care to mention.

edgarblythe, that's about the best explanation of Christmas in December that
I've ever heard. I lift my extra-noggy eggnog in a toast!
To light in darkness, warmth in cold, hope in despair
and a birthday party for every boy and girl!

Merry Christmas. Have another eggnog.

It's a long shot but certainly worth the hope and effort.

Merry Christmas auroreII

Hear, hear!

Hell no! Dont' chase bunnies at easter either.

Sorry was Christmas a Christian Celebration? news to me.

Well I am an athiest but I don't see christmas as being religious at all. The irony is that most hard core christians object to christmas anyways. For me it is much more secular than it has any sort of religousness to it. Sure there is the mythical biblical story of jesus's birth but pretty much we all know he was not born on dec 25th anyways. I guess to prevent this from becoming a long explanation, sure I celebrate it but not in any sort of religious way or meaning.