How many of you still participate in gift exchanges with family/friends during their holidays?
I do the prezzies at Xmas, doesn't have any connection to religion for me, it's a time of a family get together. I also do chocolate at Easter, again no religion just CHOCOLATE!
I am totally 100% the same....would be a pity to exclude ourselves from the fun!
Among my friends Christmas is just a gift giving holiday. It has no religious meaning whatsoever!
I look forward to the whole holiday stuff and decorations.. especially the lights. I send gift cards to my family as they live in Canada. My kiddos get thier presents under a grand tree just like most people.
I give the children in my family gifts at christmas and on their birthdays although increasingly, those gifts are submitted via paypal. Who knew that paypal is preferred over cash?
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If I attend a party with a white elephant gift exchange I will participate because that shit is fuuuuunnny
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The kids will get gifts, but the adults may not.
Holidays...are a bit tricky with my family. We are estranged so it feels awkward to be jolly together.
Heck yeah I love Christmas it has nothing to do with religion for me it's just about love and family
I do. I like getting presents... and so to increase my chances of getting cool stuff, I try to be thoughtful with the holiday gifts I get for friends and family.
I do. I view it as a cultural thing. I lived in an Asian country for a year and there were three main cultural groups. At that time they were all tolerant of each other (historically not so much and I’m unsure of how it is today) so they would all celebrate holidays together with the person whose holiday it was as the host. So culturally Christmas is my holiday so I celebrate and don’t expect anyone to believe in order to participate.
I was super duper uber Mr Xtian as a teen. I suggested we stop giving gifts and make charitable donations others enjoy. My parents agreed and my shift to agnosticism hasn't impacted that much.