Why do more people go to church, even non christians....?

Maybe they are compassionate enough to take their grandparents to church on these days just to spend the time with them.

maybe they do it for their family.

maybe they do it with their children so that the kids get a healthy exposure to preaching that is not filled with hatred like so many other days of the year. and than can make an informed decision about religions.

maybe they are just worse "sunday christians" you know the ones, on sunday thay are all holier than thou, but on the rest of the week they break every commandment possible without going to jail. maybe some of these people just get tired of the every week act and go to the twice a year act.

maybe this is the only time that people can feel a peacful spirit in the church.

there are as many reasons to this question as there are people in the world.

Because Christendom only put a facade a few times a year instead of all year long. And to think they celebrate a tradition even Jesus didn't care for.

M’Clintock and Strong’s Cyclopædia says: “The observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of N[ew] T[estament] origin. The day of Christ’s birth cannot be ascertained from the N[ew] T[estament], or, indeed, from any other source.”—(New York, 1871), Vol. II, p. 276.

Luke 2:8-11 shows that shepherds were in the fields at night at the time of Jesus’ birth. The book Daily Life in the Time of Jesus states: “The flocks . . . passed the winter under cover; and from this alone it may be seen that the traditional date for Christmas, in the winter, is unlikely to be right, since the Gospel says that the shepherds were in the fields.”—(New York, 1962), Henri Daniel-Rops, p. 228.

The Encyclopedia Americana informs us: “The reason for establishing December 25 as Christmas is somewhat obscure, but it is usually held that the day was chosen to correspond to pagan festivals that took place around the time of the winter solstice, when the days begin to lengthen, to celebrate the ‘rebirth of the sun.’ . . . The Roman Saturnalia (a festival dedicated to Saturn, the god of agriculture, and to the renewed power of the sun), also took place at this time, and some Christmas customs are thought to be rooted in this ancient pagan celebration.”—(1977), Vol. 6, p. 666.

The New Catholic Encyclopedia acknowledges: “The date of Christ’s birth is not known. The Gospels indicate neither the day nor the month . . . According to the hypothesis suggested by H. Usener . . . and accepted by most scholars today, the birth of Christ was assigned the date of the winter solstice (December 25 in the Julian calendar, January 6 in the Egyptian), because on this day, as the sun began its return to northern skies, the pagan devotees of Mithra celebrated the dies natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the invincible sun). On Dec. 25, 274, Aurelian had proclaimed the sun-god principal patron of the empire and dedicated a temple to him in the Campus Martius. Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong at Rome.”—(1967), Vol. III, p. 656.

Perhaps, to go to church 365 days is not definitely better than to go for one day. Even for a non-Christian, if on that single day, he starts to repent, to return to God, to engage in active service, why does it not make sense?

The worship of God and the service of humanity is a great and complicated task, which cannot be measured by the number of church attendance days. Just let its doors wide open for all people.

A "Church" is a a place for like-minded religious people to meet, a "church" does not have to be christian to be considered a "church".

The end of December is a time of month that several religions hold some of their most valued holidays on.

Yeah its crazy. I go to church every sunday, and they had this children's christmas pagent and the church was soo packed, you could barely get a seat. It amazes how soo many people just go to church once a year. It kinda makes me mad, since they call themselves christians, even though they only show up on special occasions.

Tradition and I'll have a piece of that Kake.

"kake scense"

Please tell me you were being funny with making the words "make sense" not make any sense...

Anyhow... Why does a building have to be involved for any believers to have their faith? Some do perfectly fine on their own...

Edit: I don't know of any atheists that do... Any people that do actually go, I bet it's most likely with family and to make their family happy.

so just because they do not attend church 364 other days, they are not christians on those days.

certainly you do not attend 365 days a year.

Because they followed their friends/family...Its a gathering with people thing....Why wouldn't tradition make sense? It makes more sense then worship a myth...

i think some people feel if they dont go 2 church theyll have a bad year.