I'm celebrating a thing that friends celebrate, but which, to me, is no more worthy of celebrating than any other day. Is that how it's meant to work? Some people, I'm told, reallycare about new year, and that I do't get.
Actually, mousually I don't go to new years parties, because I know there's no 'leaving early if I feel tired' option.
Firstly it's a good way to mark the passage of time, reflect on the last year, and plan and hope for the next. Secondly the regularity of it means I see people I might only relatively rarely see otherwise.
That it happens at a particular frequency and a particular time is not the most important thing - these are merely consequences of the parameters of the world and our culture. When all choices are equally good, is it important which option was chosen? Traditions don't have to be traditions because of something, it can be sufficient merely that they are traditions.
And at least one person left early, so I think the option probably may exist after all l-)
Traditions don't have to be traditions because of something, it can be sufficient merely that they are traditions.
Ooooh, yes. I think I very much work like that. Christmas means a lot to me, despite not believing in either the Christian version or the overly Commercial version either, simply because it has gained its own traditions for me.
I'm intensely uncomfortable with any idea of Christmas which does not include Christianity. This is probably the reason I feel slightly guilty for going to New Year's parties, even though I don't believe in New Year. I can see that that's not really sensible, because new year is a secular festival, but... I'm not always terribly logical.
The Christian Christmas is merely a hijacked pagan festival anyway ... so you can always celebrate the original festival if you wish instead of the Christian or commercial variants we have today. It is also a nice time anyway, regardless of underlying meaning - as you said.
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"it's good to celebrate with friends"
Date: 2004-01-01 06:03 pm (UTC)Re: "it's good to celebrate with friends"
Date: 2004-01-02 02:39 am (UTC)Actually, mousually I don't go to new years parties, because I know there's no 'leaving early if I feel tired' option.
Re: "it's good to celebrate with friends"
Date: 2004-01-02 04:03 am (UTC)For me at least...
Firstly it's a good way to mark the passage of time, reflect on the last year, and plan and hope for the next. Secondly the regularity of it means I see people I might only relatively rarely see otherwise.
That it happens at a particular frequency and a particular time is not the most important thing - these are merely consequences of the parameters of the world and our culture. When all choices are equally good, is it important which option was chosen? Traditions don't have to be traditions because of something, it can be sufficient merely that they are traditions.
And at least one person left early, so I think the option probably may exist after all l-)
Re: "it's good to celebrate with friends"
Date: 2004-01-02 04:35 am (UTC)Ooooh, yes. I think I very much work like that. Christmas means a lot to me, despite not believing in either the Christian version or the overly Commercial version either, simply because it has gained its own traditions for me.
Re: "it's good to celebrate with friends"
Date: 2004-01-02 05:26 am (UTC)Re: "it's good to celebrate with friends"
Date: 2004-01-02 10:18 am (UTC)