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what is your reason to buy presents on this specific day? you can buy Turkey all year round and arrange get together all year round
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Tradition. This is what Christmas is in my culture. You can also do those things any day but you have a Christmas tradition too.
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is there a reason behind the tradition of buying presents? you could buy presents for today or yesterday why tomorrow?
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Because tomorrow is Christmas! The traditions have built up over centuries and have aspects of several pagan festivals, Christianity and consumerism. Do you celebrate Christmas? Do you have a reason to buy presents? Or put up a tree? If you do?
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i buy presents as remembrance of the gifts given to Jesus by the Wise men, i am celebrating to birth of Christ, i just find it weird how atheists latch on to day for christians when they have the whole year to do whatever they do..it all comes down to not wanting to fee left out
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Christmas is a national holiday. A long established tradition. I've grown up with it but it's never had a religious component for my family. This is how culture works. Christians often have a Christmas tree even though they don't believe in the pagan stuff.
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from this conversation i have gathered that to you its a meaningless tradition (as you havent pointed out any concrete meaning other than consumerism) which you only do because you want to feel part of something and not feel left out
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It's a nice tradition. It's about family and fun and food and drink and celebration. I haven't thought about feeling left out because I haven't considered not doing Christmas. We've always done it. Do you think I should not do it because it doesn't have a religious meaning to me?
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