People who don't "do" Christmas

[Lizzie48]

Daisy, my father was Scottish, is that the reason he never liked Christmas???

[Daisy]

Lizzie - I don't think it's that he didn't like it but certainly in years gone by they put more emphasis on New Year. Wee Granny will know more about it I'm sure.

[Lizzie48]

That could be true Daisy, but, my mother always said he was the only Scottish man that went to bed at 10pm on New Years Eve!!!!

[Sunshine]

A couple of years ago my GS2 was learning about different religions at school. When he came home he announced that he was going to be a Christian when he grows up. My DIL thought ‘this is an interesting comment.’ She asked him why he particularly wanted to be a Christian. He said ‘that’s easy, you get Christmas and birthday presents if you’re a Christian.’ (Out of the mouths of babes.)!

[Daisy]

Sunshine - When we lived in Surrey there were several children who didn't celebrate birthdays, Christmas, Mothering Sunday, Fathers' Day etc for religious reasons. They had to stay in the classroom when the others were rehearsing their Christmas production. DS2 always used to be really sad for them.

[Gemini]

Both DDs 1 and 2 when they were at primary school coincidentally had a good friend each who were Jehovah's Witnesses ( from different families) They had to miss out on all Christmas events, didn't celebrate their own birthdays and couldn't go to their friends parties.
They have their own celebrations and presents at other times, but it's hard to be so different.

Children of other religions however happily joined Christmas events as well as their own festivals

[Daisy]

Gem - the children in my DSs' school were Jehovah's Witnesses, too.