why can't christians be more welcoming at christmas time?

I don't care if anyone celebrates it or not but don't disrupt others who want to celebrate it >> Many people who are not Christians are so against Christmas they want decorations taken down like in parks and other public places but all they have to do is go a different route if they don't want to see it.

Well, GayGinger, I hope you have a great Christmas; and feel free to take a look at our Christian story without the obligation to buy all of it.

I'd say the Christmas we know has lots of sources:

The pagan festival (feasting and drinking - it's good to feast and drink, from a Christian perspective Jesus' first miracle was making more wine)

Celebrating Jesus' birth (great to celebrate; and we claim the beginnings of that story are older than the pagan festival - though I suppose the idea of celebrating it once per year on 25 December borrows from the pagans - not necessarily anything wrong with that, it's become pretty precious; but I suppose you can overdo the religious side of Christmas: that might be even worse than overdoing the drinking)

Having a time off work with friends and family (great to celebrate that too ...)

And giving gifts (great too - and another one that can be overdone)

It's a little bit sad for us when people don't want to do a Christian Christmas any more, but that's your choice. The only real problem I see is someone passing off an atheist (or over-religious or consumerist ...) Christmas as being just the same as a Christian one. But other than that ..

So may God bless your Christmas, even if it isn't quite the same as mine.

I am a Christian. I don't care if you celebrate it. I think it is hypocritical of you to but that is your business. I do not see going out and bankrupting yourself to buy lots of presents for absolutely no reason whatsoever makes sense either. I buy a few gifts but presents are not the main focus.

Firstly that's a massive generalisation. Secondly it is a Chritian Tradition! We don't celebrate Hanakah or Eide do we? It would be pointless as we don't believe in that. Non-religious people celebrating Christmas is just weird. They don't believe on Christ, so why celebrate CHRISTmas????????

christians are hateful and vicious. Twas ever thus.