Christmas is what my family and I celebrate.
Yule, Christmas, Kwanza, Hanukkah? What do you call it?
11/22/2011
Christmas!!
11/23/2011
I'll usually write/say X-mas since I'm not christian but my family specifically celebrates christmas. But for many cases I just say "holidays" or Winter Break/Celebration because a lot of the people I talk to are also something other than christian and this way I'm including everyone.
11/23/2011
I call it Season of Frenzied Consumerism.
11/23/2011
Quote:
Christmas
Originally posted by
Willow Wand
We call it Yule, how about you?
11/24/2011
Quote:
LOL SO TRUE!
Originally posted by
CoffeeCup
I call it Season of Frenzied Consumerism.
11/24/2011
The holidays. I'm not religious, but I celebrate the winter season with family and friends. Coming from a big family, there are several dinners to go to throughout December. And, it's all followed by spending New Year's with more family. So, Thanksgiving through New Year's is just "the holidays" to me.
11/25/2011
Quote:
Christmas hands down
Originally posted by
Willow Wand
We call it Yule, how about you?
11/25/2011
Quote:
Two months of stuffing yourself so full that you hate food by the time New Years is over. We humans SO need to hibernate. I volunteer to try!
Originally posted by
Drakoni
The holidays. I'm not religious, but I celebrate the winter season with family and friends. Coming from a big family, there are several dinners to go to throughout December. And, it's all followed by spending New Year's with more
...
more
The holidays. I'm not religious, but I celebrate the winter season with family and friends. Coming from a big family, there are several dinners to go to throughout December. And, it's all followed by spending New Year's with more family. So, Thanksgiving through New Year's is just "the holidays" to me.
less
11/26/2011
Christmas.
11/26/2011
Quote:
We call its holiday insanity lol. there is so much going on and I can barley keep up with it..
Originally posted by
Willow Wand
We call it Yule, how about you?
11/26/2011
Quote:
I learn ALL KINDS of things here every day!!!!!
Originally posted by
Bignuf
Very interesting. Learn something new here daily. THANKS.
11/27/2011
Quote:
It thus also APPLIES to more people. I wish everyone were as courteous, thoughtful, and respectful as you.
Originally posted by
Breas
I say Christmas with my family and friends, and with everyone else I just say "happy holidays". Calling it "holidays" ensures I offend less people.
11/27/2011
Quote:
I don't know of any other name for Hanukkah, although I have seen it SPELLED about a hundred different ways!!!!
Originally posted by
Ms. Spice
lol you beat me to this.
um I'm not going to vote because there are several distinct religions with distinct celebrations. And one of them is not even a religious holiday. When it comes to Christmas, I call it Christmas (or sometimes ... more
um I'm not going to vote because there are several distinct religions with distinct celebrations. And one of them is not even a religious holiday. When it comes to Christmas, I call it Christmas (or sometimes ... more
lol you beat me to this.
um I'm not going to vote because there are several distinct religions with distinct celebrations. And one of them is not even a religious holiday. When it comes to Christmas, I call it Christmas (or sometimes Capitalist celebration day).
I'm not aware of any other names for Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, so I just call them those names.
if you want an umbrella term for the whole holiday season, you could just call the holidays. less
um I'm not going to vote because there are several distinct religions with distinct celebrations. And one of them is not even a religious holiday. When it comes to Christmas, I call it Christmas (or sometimes Capitalist celebration day).
I'm not aware of any other names for Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, so I just call them those names.
if you want an umbrella term for the whole holiday season, you could just call the holidays. less
11/27/2011
If a Tsunami hit the west coast and washed a bunch of donkeys out to sea from their farms in Northern California.....would that be considered a MULE TIDE????
11/27/2011
Christmas, as most people I know call it.
11/27/2011
Quote:
same here
Originally posted by
Pixel
I celebrate Yule or the Winter Solstice, personally. But, I also nominally celebrate Christmas as well, as my family and one of my lovers are Christian.
11/28/2011
Quote:
For us as well. Merry Christmas!
Originally posted by
Jul!a
Christmas for me.
11/28/2011
ilbelsole
I always celebrate Christmas.
11/28/2011
Quote:
same with me
Originally posted by
Pixel
I celebrate Yule or the Winter Solstice, personally. But, I also nominally celebrate Christmas as well, as my family and one of my lovers are Christian.
11/28/2011
Winter Party Season. Christmas has become 'generic' in usage so I'm not offended if someone says it to me, although - if I do know a friend's faith that I'm familiar with - I will wish them a happy (insert holiday here). Others that I'm not familiar with get a general 'Happy Holidays'. Really not to be PC, but just to avoid offending that one hyper-sensitive person looking for an argument over schematics.
11/28/2011
I call it "the holidays". I celebrate Hanukkah (I converted to Judaism a while ago) but the rest of my family celebrates a generic non-religious Christmas. My boyfriend's family is very religious so their Christmas is very loaded with Church and prayers and nativity scenes. Usually I am dragged along with his family to church, which I tolerate because I know supporting their beliefs is just as important as them being tolerant of mine.
No matter which is celebrated at which house I am just happy for the holidays in general because they mean beautiful decorations, great food and being able to buy people fun gifts (I love buying people things!)
No matter which is celebrated at which house I am just happy for the holidays in general because they mean beautiful decorations, great food and being able to buy people fun gifts (I love buying people things!)
11/30/2011
Christmas!
11/30/2011
Christmas for me
11/30/2011
I had to vote Kwanza, just because it was so alone. I celebrate a non-religious Christmas.
12/01/2011
I've never been religious and have been increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of celebrating a holiday I don't believe in.
So, while my family does the non-religious Christmas thing, I guess the closest thing I can really find it in myself to believe in is the Solstice.
I mean, it happens, it's a day, and gee isn't it nice the world made it around again without getting hit by anything big or exploding.
So, while my family does the non-religious Christmas thing, I guess the closest thing I can really find it in myself to believe in is the Solstice.
I mean, it happens, it's a day, and gee isn't it nice the world made it around again without getting hit by anything big or exploding.
12/02/2011
It's definitely Christmas in our family.
12/04/2011
Quote:
^ this
Originally posted by
Antipova
I think each of these is a separate holiday---it would be insulting to call Christmas "Chanukah" to an observant Christian, and it would be insulting to refer to Chanukah as "Christmas" if you were speaking with an observant Jew.
...
more
I think each of these is a separate holiday---it would be insulting to call Christmas "Chanukah" to an observant Christian, and it would be insulting to refer to Chanukah as "Christmas" if you were speaking with an observant Jew.
As an agnostic, I don't celebrate any of these holidays, though my family traditionally gets together for the last few days of December to fly balsa-wood airplanes together in the back yard, and go on road trips. My mom and little sister celebrate Christmas, so there's a tree in the house, and they go to Christmas Eve services (and they celebrate advent and Christmas up til Epiphany too)---but to me it's just the Winter Holiday. less
As an agnostic, I don't celebrate any of these holidays, though my family traditionally gets together for the last few days of December to fly balsa-wood airplanes together in the back yard, and go on road trips. My mom and little sister celebrate Christmas, so there's a tree in the house, and they go to Christmas Eve services (and they celebrate advent and Christmas up til Epiphany too)---but to me it's just the Winter Holiday. less
12/14/2011
Christmas ^_^ I love this time of year
12/14/2011
Festivus for the rest of us
12/14/2011