Reply #5: we still do christmas...

[buckettgirl]

I guess the only reason we haven't moved more toward Yule celebrations is because when I grew up, christmas was NEVER about religion.
Christmas was about family. Decorating the tree with mom (I was an only child), making all kinda of seasonal goodies, seeing ALL my relatives at Grandma's, and gettin a big bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup on christmas day - after having egg nog and donuts in the morning.
My grandparents are catholic, but they never prayed or did ANYTHING remotely spiritual/religious for christmas.
We still all get together at Grandma's for christmas eve, and some of us still come on christmas day. Even my husband's family comes to christmas eve at Grandma's!
To me, whether its christmas or Yule, these are the things that are most important and I really don't understand why we only do it once a year. As long as Grandma is alive and doing christmas, I will happily settle for a non-denominational christmas. In fact, this year will be 23 christmases at Grandma's...there aren't too many more left either :(
I would, however, like to begin Yule traditions with my husband, that way when we have children, we have something to pass to them, even so that we have something to do when grandma is gone. I just don't know where to start.