Browsing All posts tagged under »rename the holiday«

Happy “Renovo ___________?”

December 24, 2011

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After several days of “contemplatio”, and finally catching that Seinfeld episode about Festivus, I decided to refine the celebration of Renovo. For those of you who read the original post: “A Spiritual Humanist’s Christmas,” you already know that “renovo” is Latin for “new.” The question is, “a new what?” Should it be a celebration of time?… [Read more…]

A Spiritual Humanist’s Christmas

December 21, 2011

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Recently, I received a strange question. It was something like this: “Do your kids get really into Christmas or do you tone it down a lot?” The person asking knows I’m a spiritual humanist. I’m not Christian, but he’s not clear about that. So, he asked the question rather than assume we celebrate a Christian holiday.… [Read more…]

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