Participating in traditionalist events has absolutely nothing to say about your mode of belief or unbelief, and any suggestion that it does is simply over-attribution. Just because I sometimes say "thank god" or "god damnit" or any number of other things that reference religion - a part of mankind's history as much as anything else - doesn't mean I secretly, actually believe in a divine celestial dictatorship that watches over me every moment of my life, capable of condemning me to an eternity of damnation if I merely think about the wrong things.
I participate in Christmas and thanksgiving and whatever holidays I choose to, and I make no excuse for it. It is my right as a free citizen, and I am no worse off for it and my unbelief will remain just as staunch as it's always been after having done so. I appreciate religious literature, artwork, and music - I don't think religion's contribution in this regard is inherently bad or detrimental, and feel no remorse for appreciating it because it has nothing to do with the institutionalized megachurches and it doesn't require me to give them any money.
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