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<blockquote data-quote="Mai Harinder Kaur" data-source="post: 117444" data-attributes="member: 3558"><p>There's a lot to be said both ways. </p><p></p><p>When I was a kid, we celebrated Christmas. We celebrated everything! Any excuse would do for a celebration because life itself was a celebration. We had a very chardi kala household, a three generation large joint family of ever-changing composition. My mother was not present, so I, as the only daughter, was Queen of the Family, even though most of my sisters-in-law were literally decades older than I. Dad had a long, thick, very white beard. Put him into a red suit, tie a crimson turban and you have Santa Claus. :happysingh:Use your imagination. Picture the white beard and red turban.</p><p></p><p>For those without an imagination: <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/4196421644_9de388c344_t.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>We always had a huge Christmas tree, elaborately decorated, mostly with ornaments we had made ourselves. (Note: It was a <em>Christmas </em>tree, not a holiday tree or a Gurpurab tree or any other such nonsense.) I suppose the biggest difference was that we topped our tree with an illuminated globe instead of a star. We were a Sikh household, most of the adult Amritdharis, and there was really no concern about the fact that this was a Christian holiday. We celebrated it as a cultural holiday and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.</p><p></p><p>After our marriage, my husband and I were given a small farm where we happily lived as, I suppose, pseudo-Jat landowners, but Christmas was always celebrated with the family back in the city. Until our saintly son objected. His question startled us, when he formally asked, "Papa ji, Mata ji, are we Christian?" "Huh? Of course not! You know we're Sikh." He then made his point, "Then why do we celebrate the birth of their God?" He absolutely objected to celebrating Christmas. Even getting presents wouldn't convince him. "We give each other presents all the time anyway. Why just on Christmas?" We continued to visit the family, of course. But to satisfy the qualms of our son, 25 December was always spent quietly on the farm.</p><p></p><p>So which way is better? I do not celebrate Christmas as an adult because I see it as a religious holiday. I do not sing Christmas carols about the birth of Jesus. I do enjoy listening to them though. I enjoy the sparkle and high spirits of the larger community of this time. It brightens up an otherwise dark winter day. I do send a "secular Christmas card" to a few friends. I made mine in photoshop this year and will be happy to show it on request. I do send out New Year's cards, although I understand there are Sikh fuddy-duddy purists who object even to that. OK, not fuddy-duddy. I just do not want to see Sikhi sink into a morass of joyless legalism.</p><p></p><p> There is one Christmas carol I love and I think exemplifies the true spirit of this season for all of us of any religion. (I am sure that fundamentalist Christians would disagree with me; I also doubt if a single one will read this thread.)</p><p></p><p>Here is the Christmas song that I really like (Its message is so lovely that I can overlook the sexism in it):</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333"> I heard the bells on Christmas day</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">Their old familiar carols play, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">And wild and sweet the words repeat</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">Of peace on earth, good will to men. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">I thought how, as the day had come, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">The belfries of all Christendom</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">Had rolled along th'unbroken song</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">Of peace on earth, good will to men. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">And in despair I bowed my head: </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">'There is no peace on earth, ' I said </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">'For hate is strong, and mocks the song</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">Of peace on earth, good will to men.' </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">'God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">The wrong shall fail, the right prevail, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">With peace on earth, good will to men.'</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">Till, ringing, singing on its way, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">The world revolved from night to day</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">A voice, a chime, a chant sublime, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #333333">Of peace on earth, good will to men. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span> </p><p style="text-align: left">Chardi kala to all</p> <p style="text-align: left">And to all a good night!</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">:ice:</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mai Harinder Kaur, post: 117444, member: 3558"] There's a lot to be said both ways. When I was a kid, we celebrated Christmas. We celebrated everything! Any excuse would do for a celebration because life itself was a celebration. We had a very chardi kala household, a three generation large joint family of ever-changing composition. My mother was not present, so I, as the only daughter, was Queen of the Family, even though most of my sisters-in-law were literally decades older than I. Dad had a long, thick, very white beard. Put him into a red suit, tie a crimson turban and you have Santa Claus. :happysingh:Use your imagination. Picture the white beard and red turban. For those without an imagination: [IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/4196421644_9de388c344_t.jpg[/IMG] We always had a huge Christmas tree, elaborately decorated, mostly with ornaments we had made ourselves. (Note: It was a [I]Christmas [/I]tree, not a holiday tree or a Gurpurab tree or any other such nonsense.) I suppose the biggest difference was that we topped our tree with an illuminated globe instead of a star. We were a Sikh household, most of the adult Amritdharis, and there was really no concern about the fact that this was a Christian holiday. We celebrated it as a cultural holiday and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. After our marriage, my husband and I were given a small farm where we happily lived as, I suppose, pseudo-Jat landowners, but Christmas was always celebrated with the family back in the city. Until our saintly son objected. His question startled us, when he formally asked, "Papa ji, Mata ji, are we Christian?" "Huh? Of course not! You know we're Sikh." He then made his point, "Then why do we celebrate the birth of their God?" He absolutely objected to celebrating Christmas. Even getting presents wouldn't convince him. "We give each other presents all the time anyway. Why just on Christmas?" We continued to visit the family, of course. But to satisfy the qualms of our son, 25 December was always spent quietly on the farm. So which way is better? I do not celebrate Christmas as an adult because I see it as a religious holiday. I do not sing Christmas carols about the birth of Jesus. I do enjoy listening to them though. I enjoy the sparkle and high spirits of the larger community of this time. It brightens up an otherwise dark winter day. I do send a "secular Christmas card" to a few friends. I made mine in photoshop this year and will be happy to show it on request. I do send out New Year's cards, although I understand there are Sikh fuddy-duddy purists who object even to that. OK, not fuddy-duddy. I just do not want to see Sikhi sink into a morass of joyless legalism. There is one Christmas carol I love and I think exemplifies the true spirit of this season for all of us of any religion. (I am sure that fundamentalist Christians would disagree with me; I also doubt if a single one will read this thread.) Here is the Christmas song that I really like (Its message is so lovely that I can overlook the sexism in it): [CENTER][FONT=Century Gothic]I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333] I heard the bells on Christmas day[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]Their old familiar carols play, [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]And wild and sweet the words repeat[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]Of peace on earth, good will to men. [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]I thought how, as the day had come, [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]The belfries of all Christendom[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]Had rolled along th'unbroken song[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]Of peace on earth, good will to men. [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]And in despair I bowed my head: [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]'There is no peace on earth, ' I said [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]'For hate is strong, and mocks the song[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]Of peace on earth, good will to men.' [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]'God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]The wrong shall fail, the right prevail, [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]With peace on earth, good will to men.'[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]Till, ringing, singing on its way, [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]The world revolved from night to day[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]A voice, a chime, a chant sublime, [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=#333333]Of peace on earth, good will to men. [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] [/FONT] [LEFT]Chardi kala to all And to all a good night! :ice: [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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