In the last month, a number of non-Christian Dopers mentioned they celebrate Christmas. For the most part, they said Christmas is effectively a secular holiday now. The question I have is do non-Christian Dopers celebrate Easter also? For that matter, do they have any problems celebrating highly secularized saints’ days like St. Patrick’s Day or Valentine’s Day?
Maybe I’ll have some chocolate eggs and bunnies, that’s about it.
I really don’t think you can count a basket of candy on Easter morning from the Easter Rabbit as celebrating Easter. Celebrating Easter involves going to the services leading up to Easter and Easter day and all the rituals belonging to the specific days leading to Easter.
No. It’s such a depressing, dour holiday.
My wife and I don’t, but we have atheist friends with a six-year-old who do. It’s fun for kids, and if we had any, we’d probably celebrate it too. We do do christmas.
Joe
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We celebrate the Easter bunny and nothing else.
I worship chocolate and hollow easter bunnies are a sacrament. Its late this year too, April 25.
Not in any way.
When I was a kid, we did an easter egg hunt.
By the time I was a teenager, the day could pass without any mention at all.
Back when I was a kid there were Easter egg hunts and chocolate bunnies. The religious aspect was nonexistent. I simply ignore it these days.
Define “celebrate”. I take the public holidays off of course (couldn’t work if I wanted to as all my customers are also on leave), but don’t do anything special.
Interestingly, due to the confluence of Easter and Anzac Day we get a 5 day weekend this year!
I do not acknowledge Zombie Jesus Day in any way, and I have kids. We eat chocolate and jelly beans throughout the year.
No. I do enjoy the cheap chocolate right after.
Nope.
I’d do the eggs-and-bunnies thing if I had kids, and sometimes the family will get together for a nice brunch, but usually the day passes with little notice.
I celebrate Cadbury Creme Eggs.
Not unless you count Sunday dinner with the family as celebrating Easter. None of us go to services though so I’m not sure it counts. Still, the little ones do get baskets full of treats.
To posters: could you also tell me if you’re atheist, Jewish, Muslim, etc.?
Atheist. I would like to ask those who do acknowledge it with big dinners or baskets or whatever- why? Are you celebrating Spring, or Jesus dying and coming back to life, or what?