Living a Christmas Lie
Does anyone else feel guilty about celebrating Christmas? Maybe not guilty, but perhaps confused? Life was much simpler when I was a kid, we celebrated Christmas at face value, it was a time for the family to get together and be merry, eat lots of food, exchange gifts and remember Christ our Saviour. Then, as I got older I became more agnostic, and then of course found out that Jesus who was considered the real reason for Christmas in the first place wasn't even born in December, but more likely in May, and that the whole "Christmas thing" was just a ruse to get pagans to be more "Christian". There are, also, other celebrations such as Kwanzaa and Hanukkah/Chanukkah/Hanukkah taking place around the same time, not to forget the original pagan festivities of Lenaea and Saturnalia/Brumalia, to name a couple. The are also the recent developments of Festivus and Solstmas. This is the first year I have really felt empty, in spite of being able to partake and rejoice in the happiness of others with gifts I've given or from food I've prepared. Today, having WAY too much time on my hands of course, I am finding myself reflecting on this conundrum and trying to figure out how I can fit into my life what I call the "Christmas Lie" I've been living the past number of years. Sometimes it really sux knowing too much...ignorance IS really bliss, as they say :( Anyone having any workable suggestions is welcome to post in this blog (registration is free). And, please, nothing like, "shut yer yap, stop complaining, count yer blessings, you are loved," I've already tried all of those approaches and thensome. What I'm interested in finding is a way to celebrate without feeling like I'm just doing it to appear like I'm into Christmas. I mean I am, but my heart has trouble more and more every year with living this lie. I need a truth I can live with, that doesn't involve any religious or "supreme being(s)" connotation. A foundation that can work with a non-Christian, non-Pagan, agnostic individual.

 

 

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