Reply #15: The Way I See It: [View All]

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People have been having some sort of celebration around that time of year for thousands of years, and for good reason: in most parts of the world, it's kind of dreary and cold and everything's dead. The return of the sun (or whatever) seems a perfectly rational excuse to throw a big party to pass the dreary time and to give a lift.

Whatever it's called, I like it. I even like the idea of remembering friends and family with gifts: it's a nice way to think about those people and go a little out of the way to do something nice for them, and a gift is a nice thing to have from a friend. I hate forced gift-giving and the idea that the only good gift is an expensive one and other merchandising ideas that have spoiled some of the gift aspect, but not enough that I dont enjoy giving my family and friends something cool that they like.

To me, the holiday doesn't have any Christian meaning to me (nor does it to serious Christians), but I don't care who is celebrating what for what reasons, as long as people can find something that makes sense to them to be happy about in the middle of a bleak season.

In other words, I celebrate everything!