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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 is not really a Christian holiday. It used to be called Saturnalia, a festival where people would worship the sun god. Christmas trees actually symbolize a male penis. The white holly symbolized the sun god's semen. Saturnalia was a celebration of fertility and sex.
However, the Roman Catholic church decided to hijack the celebration and mix it in with Christianity.
So instead of asking why non-Christians celebrate a Christian holiday, you should be asking why Christians celebrate what is essentially a non-Christian holiday.
There is no mention of Santa Clause in the Bible. There is no mention of flying reindeer in the Bible. There is no mention of Christmas trees in the Bible. The Bible doesn't even tell followers to celebrate Jesus's birth (although it does say you should have a day for his death). If a Christian uses Christmas as a time to remember Jesus's birth, other religions are not excluded. For example, Muslims believe in Jesus. Muslims revere Jesus as a prophet but do not believe Jesus came back to life after he died on the crucifix. Instead, Muslims just believe Jesus was an ordinary person. That doesn't stop a Muslim from acknowledging Jesus as a prophet. Jews are the same. Jews believe in the existence of Jesus but do not believe he came back to life after death and that this was supposed to wash away the sins of humanity.
But perhaps the primary reason why most Jews and Muslims don't celebrate Christmas is because it is a pagan holiday that celebrates sex.
Buddhists and Hindus are different to the Abrahamic religions. Eastern religions are usually polytheistic, meaning that they are allowed to worship as many Gods as they want, so adding in the sun god wouldn't really matter.
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