{"id":20918,"date":"2024-11-27T14:23:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T14:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20918"},"modified":"2026-09-21T15:37:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:37:55","slug":"celebrating-christmas-atheists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/celebrating-christmas-atheists\/","title":{"rendered":"Vieren athe\u00efsten Kerstmis? Velen doen dat wel, als een familiefeest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes, many do. In a 2013 Pew Research Center survey, 87% of religiously unaffiliated Americans (atheists, agnostics and people of no particular religion) said they celebrate Christmas, and 68% called it more a cultural holiday than a religious one. Most planned a tree, gifts and a family gathering; 16% planned to attend a service. How do atheists celebrate Christmas? Much as other Americans do, but seldom in church. Pew surveyed 2,001 adults by telephone from December 3 to 8, 2013,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, many do. In Pew&#039;s 2013 survey, 87% of nonreligious Americans celebrated Christmas, mostly as a cultural holiday with a tree, gifts and family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6704,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/can-an-atheist-date-or-marry-a-christian\/","url_meta":{"origin":20918,"position":0},"title":"Can an Atheist Date or Marry a Christian?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"juli 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, though Scripture and many churches discourage it. 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