A Moment of Normality, Only a Moment Though

I just wanted to take a quick moment out of my regular sleep procrastination to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and, in case I don't get round to it, a Happy New Year.

Christmas has been celebrated as a holiday long before it actually became what we now know as Christmas and how it is supposed to be celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. It was originally a pagan holiday which then gradually became Christmas. And this is why I hate it when people complain about the commercialism of Christmas with their main argument being how it is supposed to celebrate Jesus, not Santa. Christmas has become a holiday for all people in Britain at least and I would think America too. Mainly because they are both "Christian" countries but I think it is actually because so many people aren't bothered by the Christ part of the holiday. I, for example, am an atheist, yet I still partake in the celebrations supposedly for the birth of Christ. Of course I do not go to church and I do not actually associate the holiday with Christ any more than I associate it with Allah or Ra, but I still take a break from my studies, come home to see my family, and generally have a nice, relaxing time. So atheism doesn't stop people celebrating this holiday and I am sure that people not belonging to the Christian faith will be taking advantage of the holiday in some way, whether it be raking in profits of their independent business or taking on the Christmas holiday from work or whatever it might be. The point I am trying to make is that if God is real then he would want us to celebrate the birth of Christ but perhaps at some date closer to his actual birth, which is believed to be around May I think, rather than this pagan holiday which Christians have claimed as their own. So, let us have our holiday, whatever beliefs we may hold, and stop whining about how Christmas is too commercial because frankly it isn't your holiday and if I want to spend a holiday with my family I will do it in the name of my family and not in the name of a god that you happen to believe in.

Tune in next time for...something I don't plan that far ahead.