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title: "The New Humanist’s top Christmas reads"
date: "2014-12-18T13:01:01+00:00"
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url: "https://newhumanist.org.uk/2014/12/18/the-new-humanists-top-christmas-reads/"
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# The New Humanist’s top Christmas reads

Are you struggling to survive the religiosity of the Christmas period, or do you enjoy the festivities regardless? Either way, here is a selection of our best reads on secularism and Christmas.

1\. [Christmas: an atheist survival guide](/articles/2913/christmas-an-atheist-survival-guide)

Myra Zepf shares her hints for a happy humanist holiday.

2\. [In defence of the War on Christmas](/articles/4474/in-defence-of-the-war-on-christmas)

Alex Gabriel is one atheist who won’t be decking the halls with boughs of holly.



3\. [Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People](/articles/1917/nine-lessons-and-carols-for-godless-people)



In this 2008 piece, Robin Ince, Ricky Gervais, Simon Singh, Richard Herring, Natalie Haynes, and Ben Goldacre share some seasonally inappropriate Winterval witterings.

4\. [Nightmare before Christmas](/articles/1668/nightmare-before-christmas)

When Robin Ince was invited onto TV to debate the “de-Christianisation” of Christmas, back in 2007, the flawed arguments of Vanessa Feltz and Stephen Green left him foaming at the mouth.

5.[ Blessed Are the Yogurt Makers](/articles/663/blessed-are-the-yogurt-makers)

Sally Feldman unwraps the complexity of the Christmas present.





6\. [Let the kids believe in Santa](/articles/2699/let-the-kids-believe-in-santa)

Atheists shouldn’t crush the magic of Christmas, says Myra Zepf.

7\. [A tale of two Dickens](/articles/2713/a-tale-of-two-dickens)

The great Christian chronicler of Victorian destitution – and author of classic Christmas novel, *A Christmas Carol*, was also a “wicked man”. Matthews Adams talks to biographer Claire Tomalinabout the conflicted life that fed his art