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r/Xennials • … • u/MuffinMatrix

If you don't celebrate Christmas in any way. What do you do with your day off? Is Chinese food and a movie still the go-to, or just cliche?

So it seems the wording in my other post was too confusing for a lot of people. So here's a more generic version: If you don't celebrate Christmas, for whatever reason, what do you get up to? Do you just take the day off, or have you made your own traditions with family/friends?

So many posts this time of year are about people's decorations and gifts, and their plans for dinner, etc. But I'm curious about the people who don't celebrate it, when it was never really in your upbringing/family to do so. You don't hear much about what the rest of us do.

I grew up Jewish (though atheist), so Christmas was just a holiday others did. Just like they didn't do our holidays. No other thoughts about it than that. I never did the going to a movie thing, but I grew up having Chinese food, since it was one of the only places open. So I turned it into my own little tradition. Even though I can easily just cook, its fun to know that's what I do on that day. (its not an alone thing, you still do this with family!) One year I even went to Atlantic City with an ex and her family, and we did a casino Escape Room on Christmas day. That was totally new!

I know these days Christmas is quite secular, and many people are celebrating it, even if they're not currently 'Christian'. I totally get that, but then this question isn't for you.

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