hin33
December 27, 2007, 3:07am
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Re: Raising kids in a different culture
but i think that so long as you understand its a cultural celebration, it should be fine. i dont think putting up a christmas tree means you’re following another religion… lets face it, christmas is more cultural nowadays, at least in n. america, than it is religious. i dont know many people who go to church at all let alone on christmas day. its as much a religious holiday as thanksgiving or independence day! so long as you’re doing it in the spirit of celebration, giving and sharing, then why not celebrate? we just had christmas festivities over the holiday season at the hubs’ house- our first as a married couple- and it was pretty wonderful. the entire family got together, his bro and his fam flew in from the states, we had a big dinner, lots of nice conversation, and opening presents was the icing on the cake. just the look alone on his niece’s face when “santa” walked in was worth the whole evening! (it was his father with a beard and a santa hat and she wasn’t buying it at all LOL)
i think like someone here said, its important to separate culture and religion to an extent. you can teach your children islam and raise them as muslims without taking away their identity as americans/canadians/etc. kids that are born and brought up abroad, dont feel the same way about pakistan and its unfair to assume they will… simply put, its not their world.
ur FIL in santa suit. how cute is that
sounds like fun..
yeah. unfortunately i m a lil alone in these radical thoughts of mine.. not much family support.. i hear when u say that it’s wrong to assume that pak is their world..
