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stof on 11 August 2008
reask said:
None of you will do any of that.
You will be too busy spoiling them.
Enjoy it's a buzz and a half.

Not if I spoil them year round!



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reask on 11 August 2008
stof said:
reask said:
None of you will do any of that.
You will be too busy spoiling them.
Enjoy it's a buzz and a half.

Not if I spoil them year round!

Trust me i'm 45 with a 10 year old and 14 year old.

 

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Kasz216 on 11 August 2008
DTG said:
We would celebrate Christmas and Easter but not the religious idea's behind them just like most Europeans do.


Last time i checked most Europeons were christian.



Dogs Rule on 11 August 2008
Kasz216 said:
Dogs Rule said:

I don't have kids, but if I am as jaded about holidays as I am now if/when I have kids, I'll ignore those holidays. We'll celebrate a holiday that doesn't require gift giving during heavy shopping season and will favor sale prices. ;)

EDIT: After all, kids won't miss what they don't know about.

 

Celebrate Russian Orthodox Christmas, or South America's "Christmas"  both i believe happen in like February.


Thank you for the suggestions. The Russian Orthodox Christmas would be compatible with my interest in russian women, not the mail-order bride veriaty.

Rath on 11 August 2008
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Rath said:
Personally I don't agree with telling kids straight up god doesn't exist. If I have kids in the future I plan on doing what my parents did for me and to give them each a bible and let them figure shit out for themselves.
It's easier to be self assured when you made that major decision for yourself rather than having it made for you.

 

Did your parents also give you the Qur'an, some Vedas, some Sutras, the Satanic Bible, Dianetics, the Tao Te Ching, Being and Nothingness, and The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster as well?

 

'Cuz if not, it makes it look like there are 2 options: Christianity and Atheism.  That's a pretty lopsided worldview to give a kid.

 

I was only a kid, I wouldn't have read all that. In any case a large amount of the organised religions are pretty much the same just with a different god here or prophet there.

 



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tombi123 on 11 August 2008
Kasz216 said:
DTG said:
We would celebrate Christmas and Easter but not the religious idea's behind them just like most Europeans do.


Last time i checked most Europeons were christian.

 

I don't know about mainland Europe, but in the UK only 5% of people go to church on Sunday. Christmas really isn't about Jesus or Christianity for the majority in the UK. It's all about the family and presents. 

As an atheist I will let my kids make up their own mind. I won't 'persuade' them either way. I won't give them any religious texts. No doubt they will be told about God at school. I will teach them to think for themselves.

 



rendo on 11 August 2008

I don't. I have my wife. I told my wife I won't tell them any bullshit lies like fake fat men who climb down your chimney, WE DON'T HAVE ONE BY THE WAY, and human-sized rabbits who leave candy. She can tell them lies all she wants! As far as I'm concerned they're both corporate holidays.



The Ghost of RubangB on 11 August 2008

My wife only married me under the condition we'd never celebrate Christmas again.

(She had evil parents.)

And now, a promise is a promise: my kids will have no Santa.



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zexen_lowe on 11 August 2008
Kasz216 said:
Dogs Rule said:

I don't have kids, but if I am as jaded about holidays as I am now if/when I have kids, I'll ignore those holidays. We'll celebrate a holiday that doesn't require gift giving during heavy shopping season and will favor sale prices. ;)

EDIT: After all, kids won't miss what they don't know about.

 

Celebrate Russian Orthodox Christmas, or South America's "Christmas"  both i believe happen in like February.

South America's Christmas is the same day as Europe's or US's (it falls in summer, though). I think you may be referring to Carnival, which does fall on February