tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887119051070002336.post661090484744005371..comments2024-01-16T05:58:37.717-07:00Comments on EnoNomi: Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas... oh my!EnoNomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07315334083410624780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887119051070002336.post-80450909755244917682023-08-29T21:21:45.319-07:002023-08-29T21:21:45.319-07:00Thankks for sharing thisThankks for sharing thisTeaching with Technologyhttps://saucontech.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887119051070002336.post-91323960965224759562007-10-16T09:04:00.000-07:002007-10-16T09:04:00.000-07:00John Evo-Mid - Oh, man, I totally should have gone...John Evo-Mid - <BR/><BR/>Oh, man, I totally should have gone with that angle. I have much to learn as a blogger.EnoNomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315334083410624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887119051070002336.post-26017927122345063042007-10-15T16:05:00.000-07:002007-10-15T16:05:00.000-07:00I'll keep this short...It's a subject I could go o...I'll keep this short...<BR/><BR/>It's a subject I could go on and on about.<BR/><BR/>This would be my 36th Atheist Christmas. I love Christmas! What a NICE holiday. Everyone ACTING charitable towards others. Good food everywhere. Good drinks too. Presents! I love giving presents. I love the happiness I see in the eyes of children. So, I treat it the same way the Christians do. Celebrate it for a day and go back to being a dick.John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887119051070002336.post-59017815442179645702007-10-04T19:57:00.000-07:002007-10-04T19:57:00.000-07:00Nicely put, Eno. I wish you had saved this post fo...Nicely put, Eno. I wish you had saved this post for closer to the holiday season, because it makes a good point. There's no reason why atheists can't put up decorations and eat ourselves sick on sweets just because we don't believe in the Christian interpretation of a universal celebration. Hell, I don't believe in elves -- but I eat Keebler cookies now and then. <BR/><BR/>I have a close group of friends, most of whom are atheists, and we had a great Winter Solstice party last year. It was probably exactly like a zillion Christmas parties that were being held at the same time throughout the country. Some of these same friends exchange gifts every year with my wife and me, and we get together on the 25th for a pig-out feast which we refer to as -- tada! -- Christmas dinner. <BR/><BR/>So you can be perfectly true to your atheism and still have plenty of old-fashioned seasonal fun. I, for instance, love traditional Christmas carols. Around December 10, I dig the electric keyboard out from the back of a closet, grab a few sheet music collections, pour myself a tall glass of spiked eggnog, and sing through dozens of those tunes, adding inappropriate electronic rhythms to each. I'm not sure my neighbors enjoy hearing "Good King Wenceslaus" with a swing beat, "We Three Kings" as a samba, and "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" in reggae style, but I have a great time. And my wife pretends to.<BR/><BR/>As an atheist, the only thing that gets me annoyed during the holidays is when vapidly grinning strangers wish me "Merry Christmas." I usually smile back and say, "thanks, but I'm not Christian."The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.com