Yule or Christmas or Hanuka?? - 12/17/09 04:16 PM
My family is composed of many religions. I am Pagan, my parents are pentacostal, my in laws are Catholic, I have an uncle who married into a Jewish family, he has converted, My great aunt is a Mormon, I have another uncle who married a Jehovah's Witnes, thus he also converted. Both sides of the family are ok with these religious choices, except mine. So we celebrate Christmas (even the Jehovah's witnesses will come to the gathering to be with the family but they buy no gifts and do not want gifts given to them) at my parents, we celebrate a night or 2 of Hanuka with the uncle, I have requested them to join me on the night of Yule and no one wants to come. I am not asking them to participate in a ritual, just dinner. I teach my children about all religions and if I don't have answers for them, I know where to turn.
How do you celebrate the holidays in a blended family of religions? Do you keep you religion to yourself or do you try to engage your extended family in traditions of Pagan celebration?
How do you celebrate the holidays in a blended family of religions? Do you keep you religion to yourself or do you try to engage your extended family in traditions of Pagan celebration?