Why do many anti-Christian people celebrate Christmas the traditional way?
anti-Christians wouldn’t be going to mass or a christian church on Christmas day. That’s bizarre. If you mean non-christians who celebrate Christmas, then I can answer your questions. First, the traditon of a tree and even the date as well as other characteristics were all borrowed from pre-Christian pagan holiday traditions. So there is no really traditional way to celebrate Christmas other than to reject all the festivity, to refuse to put up a tree or to burn a log in the fireplace or exchange gifts. Perhaps you can just meet on some other agreed upon date and do whatever you think your religion dictates. Me? I enjoy the season. I love having a couple of days set aside to put up festive decorations and trim a tree (bring a touch of nature into the house during a time when the garden sleeps) and exchange gifts and break bread with my family and friends. It’s been done for thousands and thousands of years and by many different cultures. Most traditional christmas celebrations are borr
Christmas has become such a secular holiday around the world that many people who aren’t Christian will celebrate it. In this sense, Christmas becomes more a holiday to recognize traditional myth and enjoy time with family during the winter months. There really is no difference between non-Christians and Christians celebrating this holiday except for the fact that the religious go to mass Christmas morning and others don’t. Also, non-Christians don’t associate Christmas with the birth of Christ, though they may know the Bethlehem manger story since it’s been popularly told.
