go for it!

i was brought up jewish, hubby was brought up catholic. i haven't practiced judaism in a long time, but we do chanukah. hubby's a 'recovering catholic' but we celebrate xmas with his family.

i discovered Paganism completely by accident doing research for something else. when we had kids, the suggetion was to try a Unitarian Universalist place for their Religious Education program. which i did, and i don't regret for one minute.

i've labeled myself an Eclectic Pagan UU. :)

I got really into Wicca a couple of years ago.
I was kinda dabbling in it, seeing if I liked it or not.

I mostly liked it for aesthetics, but a lot of the aspects I liked about it were things I already had incorporated into my own life. I watched a few videos on youtube for Wicca. And I found one Youtuber I liked a lot, "Harmony Nice".

I kinda fell out of it, though. I kinda dipped in and out of a few different religions and lifestyles. I take a little bit of different religions and kinda form my own opinions and my own spirituality. I think I also have a really open mind because I come from a multi-ethnic family with varying religious beliefs.

I also got really used to the Xmas aesthetics... So... Snow. Loads of snow. Cold. Warm fireplace. Fuzzy socks.
Now that I live in Southern California, it doesn't feel like "Christmas" is a thing here.

Honestly Yule sounds a lot more awesome than Christmas with comments like these.

As far as I remember we have never had a Kwanzaa thread on Tris (or a Chanukah for that matter), so it would certainly be interesting to learn more about other cultures and traditions.

What about goats and Yule now?

As for me, I'm somewhere between atheist and apathetic

Ava - "a lot of the aspects I liked about it were things I already had incorporated into my own life."
yeah, that sounds about right for me too.

Mekatra - "Sort of like a slow weird goat version of hot potato. "
LOL, this made me giggle. XD

oh i HATE when the words don't cooperate!

Maybe the animal deity wants to surprise / is obsessed with plot twists? Because then they would search for ways to create something that has a mind of its own. Plants are nice and aesthetically pleasing, but usually won't do the unexpected.

Okay! I'll definitely do my best to make a Kwanzaa thread here when the time comes. :)

When I was 15, I was invited to come and perform for a Kwanzaa event and I learned a lot about Kwanzaa during the celebration.
It's actually a pretty interesting holiday. And I think it's a myth that it's purely for African Americans. I mean, yeah, it was invited by African Americans to celebrate African heritage, but the principles (I feel) can be celebrated by anyone and can apply to any household.


I like to see the "good" in every religion, even if I don't follow it myself. I take bits and pieces of other's beliefs and find my own "truth" in them.

Maybe it's naive of me to focus on the "good" in people.. even "bad" people

well then count me as a naive person as well!

that's true too, Mekatra.

Re: Wicca and Paganism: The nice thing about Wicca and Paganism is that it's intersectional, and the most basic rule is "Don't be a dick", but in more words. There is no room in the beliefs for exclusion and racism, but there's always outliers who practice but are exclusionists and/or racists. My version of Wicca and Paganism is very eclectic and draws from all kinds of areas and beliefs. I'm a solo practitioner (being in a small town and not having a working vehicle kinda limits me in what I can do, but *shrug*), but that's okay.

if it works for you and doesn't lead to harming others or yourself, then you're doing it right, imo.