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Why do many non-Christians celebrate Christmas? Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus, so I just don't understand how anyone who doesn't believe in Jesus could celebrate his birth just for presents. And why do nonreligious people have to celebrate Christmas? Why not Hannukah or Kwanza?
Also, why do people who only celebrate Christmas and Easter consider themselves Christian? (people who don't pray or go to church, but still celebrate Christian holidays) (link)
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Christmas might be about Christ, but the date wasn't Christ's actual date of birth. Not that that is the reason non-Christians celebrate Christmas, but its good to remember that the Church chose that date to celebrate the birth of Christ on, to forward its own agenda. I could say to you "why do YOU celebrate Christmas on a day that was someone elses holiday to begin with, when scholars generally agree that Christ was born in an entirely different month?"
But anyways. I'd venture to guess that commercialism has a lot to do with it - this wasn't the way it has always been. You combine the fact that many of the worlds most industrialized nations in at least the past 100 years have been Christian by a vast majority, and combine that with people seeing they could make money on this holiday, and you'll see what I mean. Go shopping, and you'll see very. very little 'Christian-centric' items, its all toys and $$$.
Anymore many non-Christians don't even care about the fact that there is 'Christ' in the title, they have now started their own family tradition, and its centered around gifts.
EDIT: took out some extraneous stuff I shouldn't have put there in the first place, I apologize =/
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