• TinSoldier said on Sep 14, 2008....

  I'm confused by your questions.
  
  
  I celebrate Christmas because it celebrates the best qualities of humanity -- that of giving of yourself to others, of spending time with family, and of focusing on ideals outside of oneself. Ideals that many of us (myself, anyway) don't focus on so much during day-to-day business.
  
  
  Easter? Meh. This should be the most important Christian holiday but even when I was religious it didn't hold as much significance as Christmas did. Here at home we just get some chocolate and candy stuff for the kids.
  
  
  Halloween? Even though I know that this holiday has its roots in both pagan and Christian traditions, as a kid I never really saw it as such. We just used it as an occasion to dress up and get candy. And that's the way I'm raising my kids, too.
  
  
  Am I a hypocrite? Yeah, in some ways I am. In other ways, less than some I am sure.
  
  

• wombat said on Sep 14, 2008....

  Interesting questions..... I think there's a great divide between the true meaning of Christmas and Easter----and Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.  As for Halloween---has no relevance unless you feel it's the devil's holiday.  In other words, you are right.  It's all mixed up.  Maybe a kid dressed up as Jesus in a Santa suit on Halloween, saying "Trick or Treat" would shake someone up.

• NoManInn-Owner-Bob said on Sep 14, 2008....

  Here's a little thought for eveyone, Easter = christian holiday. Hmm not so fast, before that it was the celabration of spring represented by eggs for fertility and bunnies for, well, many blessings. Same thing with halloween has its roots in celebrating the fall harvest. So there is something to mull over next time the whole "its a christian holiday" thing gets thrown in your face.

• wombat said on Sep 14, 2008....

  (interesting insights I hadn't heard, so thanks)

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