 Christsmass for atheists? |
| Hudzon |
 Dec 25, 2007, 02:16 PM
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I was always curious, what do atheists/agnostics do on Christsmass?
Do they celebrate it or not? And if they do, wouldn't such a gross display of superstition go against their non-believes? |
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| Flex |
Dec 26, 2007, 08:23 PM
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I thought the whole idea of Christmas was really created by poets. I don't even know a damn thing about St. Nicholas, but I sure know about Santa.
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| Lindsay |
 Dec 28, 2007, 12:58 PM
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QUOTE(Flex @ Dec 26, 2007, 08:23 PM)  ... I don't... know a damn thing about St. Nicholas, but I sure know about Santa. 'Santa Claus' is a corruption of the SantaNichlaus--the way the NY Dutch pronounced the Saint's name. Here is a short version of who SN was: http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=38 More detailed and scholarly version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas This is interesting. It compares Santa with the Saint: http://www.stnicholascenter.org/printable_...6&smpl_sakey=16 The role of the political caricaturist, Thomas Nast (1860's): http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/santa_camp.htm It is said the TN did his drawing after reading the poem by the Rev. Clement Moore, written for his ill child: http://www.christmas-tree.com/stories/nigh...echristmas.html |
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Hudzon Christsmass for atheists? Dec 25, 2007, 02:16 PM
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