Crimbo question......

[Ball-Bhreac Ròn]

Just wonderin, 'tis all....

[mato]

celebrate xmass or yule, i am just not that type of person.

[MammaStar]

I celebrate the mainstream way, because that's how I keep the peace with my family. My Mom doesn't care that I'm a witch. she's happy for me and all that and she totally respects my ways, HOWEVER, just to keep the peace with everyone, I don't demand that they all change their celebration just to suit me. I adapt my ways. I also celebrate this way, for my son's sake. He gets picked on a lot at school. (he's overweight) and I know if those little monsters who pick on him found out his Mom was a witch, well, I'm sure all heck would break loose and just make it even worse for the kid. So, we have Christmas with Santa and presents, but also Yule with the birth of the Sun God.

I'm excited for this year, because I've been beginning to teach my son a little more of the Pagan path. He's been asking so many questions and is interested in all I tell him. It's very exciting. :D

[Ball-Bhreac Ròn]

you fit under 'who said what about camels' then :D;)

[Ball-Bhreac Ròn]

(that was to mato...note the importance of quoting :))

[clef0628]

I celebrate the frist day Winter the pagan way, with my friends. And celebrate Christmas with my family, who don't know I'm pagan.

[Danustouch]

I celebrate Yule, with my hubby, and friends...on the 21st.

But I also celebrate Christmas, on december 25th, with my family. Not for religious reasons. Though I have nothing against Christ...I just wouldn't celebrate it then, even if I was a christian, because his birth was actually in the spring, anyway. But..the holiday is very meaningful to my parents, and my family. Christmas was always a really huge holiday growing up. And it is very difficult to break with traditions such as that. So I still enjoy the christmas carols, christmas movies. And I still have a tree, and I still give gifts. Why not? It's a beautiful time of year :)

[mato]

that was my vote Ball-Bhreac Ròn.

[Ball-Bhreac Ròn]

Originally posted by Danustouch
I celebrate Yule, with my hubby, and friends...on the 21st.

But I also celebrate Christmas, on december 25th, with my family. Not for religious reasons. Though I have nothing against Christ...I just wouldn't celebrate it then, even if I was a christian, because his birth was actually in the spring, anyway. But..the holiday is very meaningful to my parents, and my family. Christmas was always a really huge holiday growing up. And it is very difficult to break with traditions such as that. So I still enjoy the christmas carols, christmas movies. And I still have a tree, and I still give gifts. Why not? It's a beautiful time of year :)


Well said :) Bravo!



Good on ya mato....and btw, I think that was your 100th post ;)

[MidnightSun]

I celebrate both. Yule as the birth of the Lord, with presents of the Pagan persuasion, and Christmas with presents for all my non-pagan family and friends.

[Eeluna]

I celebrate Yule on the Solstice. Actually I do something special on each day from Solstice Eve until New Year's. I also celebrate Christmas with my family--most of whom don't know that I'm Pagan. I consider Christmas to be a time of family fun and togetherness. It has never held any religious meaning for me, except maybe when I was about eight years old, I did enjoy the story of Jesus' birth in the manager.

[talamh]

At Yule i celebrate the rebirth of the Sun God and at Christmas i celebrate.. the rebirth of the Sun God. It's really the same story, the same mythology.... just different interpretations. To me the bottom line is that with all it's commercialization faults.. it *is* the one time of year when a lot of people think of peace and at least try to be nice to each other. Whatever one chooses to call it, it's at least an ideal. bb talamh ps - i still don't know what choice that makes me in the voting.

[Adrenaline Junkie]

I mix a bit of it all in.

I personally, celebrate Yule as it is a sacred holiday to mean. I believe in the significance of it and hold a ritual.

I acknowledge Christmas and give out presents and see family members and friends. A lot of my family is Christian so there is no way in escaping it. Same goes with my friends. I don't believe in it as a holy day. I just love it as I see relatives, friends, recieve and give gifts and eat, my goddess, eat!

[kittiepoetrygod]

I celebrate the time of greatest dark and honor the dead and Persephone. I give out presents on Samhain, not Yule.

[Old Witch]

I'll celebrate Yule on the 21st and Christmas on the 25th. My husband is Christian so we do the best of both. Anyway, my kids would rebel if they didn't get lots of loot. :elf:

[mato]

Originally posted by Ball-Bhreac Ròn



Well said :) Bravo!



Good on ya mato....and btw, I think that was your 100th post ;)

Oh oh what do I get?!

[kittiepoetrygod]

Lemonade?

[flar7]

and a lazy one at that, I take any legal holiday that comes along!

I voted camels!!! YAY!!! PURPLE CAMELS RULE!!!!

[Flaire]

Both Yule and X-mas....

Since my mom is Christian, and the holidays just wouldn't be the same if everything changed just for me.. Besides, I'm trying to keep on my mom's good side right about now - she's under alot of stress and trying to change the 'tradition' we have would send her over the edge, I think. 8O Also, she doesn't know I'm a witch yet (she'd freak), but I do ask the history behind the X-mas tree & Santa Claus. :D

[flar7]

it looks like camels have a lot of stalwart defenders. You can say
what you want about xmas/yule, but you talk about camels and
you better be ready to rumble!

[MistOfTheSea86]

I just who said what about camels because it was F*%$%% Hilarious!!!!!

This will actually be my first REAL Yule guys so Wish me luck! lol.


I am much with Adrenaline Junkie on this one, I will celebrate Yule as my holy day as well as Christmas, not as something holy, but to represent harmony and togetherness. Besides, You get more presents, who can argue with more presents:D

[Flaire]

Originally posted by MistOfTheSea86

This will actually be my first REAL Yule guys so Wish me luck! lol.

Good luck!! :) It'll be my first real one too..... Eek! ^^ I'm excited!!

[Myst]

My crimbo question is what the heck is a crimbo?

We celebrate Christmas about 18x between our two families (ok I might be exagerrating, but when you finish Christmas lunch just in time for Christmas supper a few days during the holidays you know what I mean), and we celebrate Yule at least once, but sometimes twice. Heck we were invited to four Samhain celebrations.... ;)

[Faery-Wings]

Good question Myst, re: Crimbo- I am assuming it is slang for Christmas??;) :D

This will be my first Yule too. :) I plan to celebrate that with my immediate family. Christmas has never been a religious holiday for me- so Santa will be coming to my house too. (At least if I could ever get my kids to listen for a change- I have been threatening coal for weeks!)


The more I read about Yule the more comfortable I feel about celebrating both. The customs are so similar it will be very easy to incorporate Pagan influences for Christmas and my poor Catholic Italian father need never know. ;)


Chris

[Lucidia]

i'm waiting for an option such as "excuse to make cute cookies and get presents"

[Danustouch]

Hmmm..just thought of something. Do we have any pagans who are Jewish by birth? If so...do they celebrate Chanukah, and the Solstice? Or just the Solstice, or Just Chanukah.

What about African American Pagans, do they Celebrate the Solstice, or Kwanzaa, or Both????

[Starlight]

I dunno I just celebrate "Christmas" ...a time when all my family gets together and has fun and reminces (sp?) and gives gifts because they love each other. I dunno what you'd call it! :D

[Ball-Bhreac Ròn]

Originally posted by chryssi1
Good question Myst, re: Crimbo- I am assuming it is slang for Christmas??;) :D



Chris

Correctamundo :)

[Wyrdsister]

Heck, I'm just in it for the camels! :)

I celebrate Yule and Christmas as sort of connected holidays. With Yule, as with any Sabbat, I try to celebrate in ritual with other pagans. Usually my favourite witchy/pagan people are quite spread out, so last Yule we celebrated with friends using a speaker phone and we all did the ritual at the same time in different provinces!! We might actually be trying that same aproach this year. :)

Christmas, while being a Christian/secular holiday, is celebrated with my family as a time to be together no matter what your spiritual beliefs are. While I don't particularly celebrate Yule or Christmas as a birth of a lord or saviour (maybe it's because I'm Dianic...? :P :D), I'm sure my parents do. But they also see Christmas as a time for family and friends to get together. For the past many years, Christmas Eve has been an open house at my parents's place for all of our family and friends to drop by and visit. It's so much fun! Lots of diverse people (our family, my parents' friends, my friends, my brother's friends, friends of friends!!) all cram into our little house for lots of food, hot cider, chocolate!, and riotous laughter! :D

So, to make a long story short (too late!) Yule-Christmas is a multi-day celebration for me.

There ya go, Ball-Bhreac! You did ask after all! :D

Have a happy one, everybody!

Wyrdsister

[Wyrdsister]

Originally posted by Lucidia
i'm waiting for an option such as "excuse to make cute cookies and get presents" in the shape of camels?

:lol:

Wyrdsister

[Flaire]

:D I'm gonna go look for a camel cookie cutter now..... :T

[Ball-Bhreac Ròn]

whoo! go camels! :p

Racoons and mice are *so* last thread ;)
:T

[Danustouch]

heheh..brings back a memory of something I saw in a cooking catalogue. Nativity shaped cookie cutters for Christmas. Yes...they had camels! LOL...

I don't know..something just wouldn't feel right about taking a bite out of the baby jesus cookies' head ......

[Emy]

I celebrate yule at the wintersolstice and christmas on the 24th (which the date we celebrate it on in Sweden). Although for me it is not exactly the christian christmas, but more of a family gathering and feast :)

[Starlight]

Originally posted by Flaire
:D I'm gonna go look for a camel cookie cutter now..... :T

Are they gonna be purple camels?? :huh:

[StormChaser]

Get this..
My holiday is soooo fried.

Dig it..

Whatever day the actual winter solstice is...
The night before that I set out my cookies and for Santa with mom.
Solstice day: Open presents, eat good food.

Whatever day my coven has it's ritual is when I celebrate Yule.. try to avoid vegetarian dishes.

Dec 24 Celebrate Xmas eve with Bf's dads side of family and doo all that roman catholic crud i loathe so much. Eat awful food and get sick later Oh yeah.. and get really cold impersonal work oriented gifts... and listen to his grandmother talk about death and dead people

Dec 25. Recover from last nights food poisoning ritual. Celebrate Christmas day with BFs moms side of the family. We will all pretend like we are gathered because of the birth of Jesus, though secretly no one gives a fig. Open presents. Eat really salty food and nearly die from cholesterol intake.

Dec 26: Day of recovery.. spent in the hospital.. with a stomach pump.

Heheh

[Starlight]

:rotfl: Poor you! :D

[Flaire]

Originally posted by Starlight
Are they gonna be purple camels??

I can make them purple!!...Well, I can try to make them purple..... The last time my purple turned out to be grey... :eek: (Don't ask how it happened... I'm still unsure!)

[mysticvik]

Both, Im Pagan and my family are christian. They celebrate Yule with me and I have christmas with them.

[Starlight]

Originally posted by Flaire


I can make them purple!!...Well, I can try to make them purple..... The last time my purple turned out to be grey... :eek: (Don't ask how it happened... I'm still unsure!)

Don't worry It has happened to me aswell! Boo for purple icing!! Comes out grey!! I think it's something like 2 drops blue and 3 red! :huh: I can't remember! Oh well! :D

[Keron]

Christmas wasn't much for me-- kinda meaningless. When I celebrated Yuletide instead... it was very poignant-- like twelve unfulfilled promises of Christmases come back to fulfil their promise with a thirteenth yuletide.

[Garnet]

I celebrate both, and Hannukah, too.

[StarSpiral]

I celebrate Yule on the date of the solstice with my (Pagan) partner. We stay up late, feast, exchange gifts and in the morning we welcome back the sun/God.

Our families are Catholic and we celebrate Christmas with them as a cultural holiday we were raised with. I hold no religious significance for the day.

[Dave the Druid]

Yule by the date of Solstice

[Windsmith]

I am all about them camels!

But I celebrate Yule, around the 21st, which for me is not the birth of anyone, but rather a celebration of the longest night of the year and a celebration of the knowledge that the Earth will now begin to return to the Sun.

[omar]

Most people over look the fact that the Bible states that at the time Jesus was born the sheppards was out with there flocks. Therfor Jesus could NOT have been born in Dec. or in Jan. like the Christains & Orthodox claim. Because Dec.- Feb. is the "cold rainy season in the middle east". It even snows somtimes. Most Americans do not seem to know this. According to this Jesus would have been born in the summer.