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    What are you holiday traditions?

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    • jt1001001J
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      When my first son was born, my dad gave us a hard cover printing of A Visit from St. Nicholas (Twas The Night before Christmas). On Christmas eve when we come back from church we all get into our Christmas jammies (admittedly,yep even Daddy too), lower the lights and do a very slow reading, complete with sound effects (sleigh bells on the door suddenly ring thanks to a piece of dental floss, that kind of thing). This year he's 4 and keeps asking me every night when we're going to read the Saint Nick book!

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      • RojoLocoR
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        Let's not forget that all 'round the globe, many folks have different holiday traditions than our own. Here's a quick rundown of some of the strangest ones:

        http://www.holidayextras.co.uk/travel-blog/wanderlust/unusual-christmas-traditions.html

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        • thanksajdotcomT
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          Not Christian personally, and my girlfriend grew up Messianic Jew, so Christmas isn't really a thing. She's not practicing so Hanukkah isn't really important either. Most important day to us is definitely the Winter Solstice. @ShaunS

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          • DashrenderD
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            @thanksajdotcom said in What are you holiday traditions?:

            Not Christian personally, and my girlfriend grew up Messianic Jew, so Christmas isn't really a thing. She's not practicing so Hanukkah isn't really important either. Most important day to us is definitely the Winter Solstice. @ShaunS

            That's interesting - why that day?

            As a non-religious person, I don't find one day more important than the next from a religious perspective. But I do have days of importance. My wedding day, my and my wife's birthdays.

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            • RojoLocoR
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              @thanksajdotcom said in What are you holiday traditions?:

              Not Christian personally, and my girlfriend grew up Messianic Jew, so Christmas isn't really a thing. She's not practicing so Hanukkah isn't really important either. Most important day to us is definitely the Winter Solstice. @ShaunS

              Pagan holidays are great, because they are aligned with stuff in nature. No cultural or religious dividing lines, just a celebration of the Earth doing what she does.

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                @Dashrender said:

                @thanksajdotcom said in What are you holiday traditions?:

                Not Christian personally, and my girlfriend grew up Messianic Jew, so Christmas isn't really a thing. She's not practicing so Hanukkah isn't really important either. Most important day to us is definitely the Winter Solstice. @ShaunS

                That's interesting - why that day?

                As a non-religious person, I don't find one day more important than the next from a religious perspective. But I do have days of importance. My wedding day, my and my wife's birthdays.

                Winter Solstice is a day of power. It's the transition between autumn and winter. We won't be "celebrating" but it's a significant day for us. That's all.

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                  @RojoLoco said in What are you holiday traditions?:

                  @thanksajdotcom said in What are you holiday traditions?:

                  Not Christian personally, and my girlfriend grew up Messianic Jew, so Christmas isn't really a thing. She's not practicing so Hanukkah isn't really important either. Most important day to us is definitely the Winter Solstice. @ShaunS

                  Pagan holidays are great, because they are aligned with stuff in nature. No cultural or religious dividing lines, just a celebration of the Earth doing what she does.

                  What I love about paganism, in general, is that it's not any set of hard-and-fast rules. It's very individualized and personal to each person, and if you wanted to classify it, it'd be much better quantified as a spectrum than by any specific set of beliefs.

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                    @thanksajdotcom said in What are you holiday traditions?:

                    @RojoLoco said in What are you holiday traditions?:

                    @thanksajdotcom said in What are you holiday traditions?:

                    Not Christian personally, and my girlfriend grew up Messianic Jew, so Christmas isn't really a thing. She's not practicing so Hanukkah isn't really important either. Most important day to us is definitely the Winter Solstice. @ShaunS

                    Pagan holidays are great, because they are aligned with stuff in nature. No cultural or religious dividing lines, just a celebration of the Earth doing what she does.

                    What I love about paganism, in general, is that it's not any set of hard-and-fast rules. It's very individualized and personal to each person, and if you wanted to classify it, it'd be much better quantified as a spectrum than by any specific set of beliefs.

                    Which is why I get along very well with pagans.

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                    • thanksajdotcomT
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                      @RojoLoco said in What are you holiday traditions?:

                      @thanksajdotcom said in What are you holiday traditions?:

                      @RojoLoco said in What are you holiday traditions?:

                      @thanksajdotcom said in What are you holiday traditions?:

                      Not Christian personally, and my girlfriend grew up Messianic Jew, so Christmas isn't really a thing. She's not practicing so Hanukkah isn't really important either. Most important day to us is definitely the Winter Solstice. @ShaunS

                      Pagan holidays are great, because they are aligned with stuff in nature. No cultural or religious dividing lines, just a celebration of the Earth doing what she does.

                      What I love about paganism, in general, is that it's not any set of hard-and-fast rules. It's very individualized and personal to each person, and if you wanted to classify it, it'd be much better quantified as a spectrum than by any specific set of beliefs.

                      Which is why I get along very well with pagans.

                      Same. I don't personally consider myself pagan, but I'm probably much closer to that than anything else at this point.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
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                        Maybe we will watch White Christmas today while trapped in the hotel.

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