You don't need Jesus to enjoy Christmas
My son was recently a reindeer in a kindergarten nativity play. Over dinner, in a cautious whisper, he told us that the baby's name was a 'bad word'... my son thinks 'Jesus' is a curse, not the name of God's only begotten Son.
I'm not anti-religion, unless it's passed off as science, smuggled into education or used as a weapon of coercion.
But our family has no God or gods.
But for anyone who shares our spirit, the ambition's a good one: replace an off-the-shelf Christmas with bespoke atheist celebration.
I don't necessaily agree with Mr. Smith about Karma; its the principle of sowing and repeaping. But the rest I agree