Anna
I ´m very angry! Lisa said at school today, our daddy would be a parasite.

Mark
...that isn´t anything new.

Anna
You are right. Daddy wouldn´t pay church - taxes but nevertheless he would accept all advantages the church offers. He would receive a Christmas gratuity by his firm, and he would relaxe during the payed free Christmas holidays.

Mark
Why not? He ´d worked for that hard at all. Does Lisa think the church would pay for everything?

Anna
I don´t think so. But Lisa said our daddy shouldn´t have to attend his broken arm in a catholic hospital recently.

Mark
He wouldn´t do so surely, if it wasn´t a case of emergency.

Anna
Lisa said, daddy would ask for services of the church without paying for it. He would exploit the Christians.

Mark
This nonsense ist not only believed by Lisa to our regret...

Anna
But I told her that the hospital isn´t getting any simple cent from the church of course. The hospital is paid by the contributors and the state. Besides the the church torments the employees of the hospital.

Mark
...and what did Lisa answered?

Anna
She don´t want to realize the thruth and says that I would be a mendacious stupid cow.

Mark
Ah, I see we are going to get a very funny Christmas fête at school next week.

Anna
I would prefer to go to the dentist at that day...

Mark
We have also got a bad atmosphere in our class...

Anna
...also because of the Christmas fête?

Mark
Ah, the fête at school is not so worth at all. But eyerybody is only talking about presents. ...and it would be unfair that we also get presents in spite of we are not Christians.

Anna
...and we got our presents without having to go to the church for that.

Mark
I don´t understand wheter the Christians have always propagate their religion by blackmailing other people. If you do not go to the church, you will not get any presents.

Anna
If you are not pious, you will go to the hell.

Mark
Daddy doesn´t blackmail us at all. He said, he wouldn´t need to do so.

Anna
Of course, he even told us, if we want to go to the Christmas matins on Christmas eve, we shall tell him, our neighbor would take us with his car to the church.

Mark
Would you like to go to the Christmas matins? ...only because of curiosity?

Anna
I don´t know at all. I think there will be only dissemblers.

Mark
It´s rather curious that some people go to church only once a year.

Anna
In this case you can neglect it totally. What may be their intention?

Mark
Hmm. Perhaps you can compare it to carnival. Than you put on silly paper hats - once a year.

Anna
I was one time at a church, only because of curiousity.

Mark
I did so. That was rather interesting for me, that was an immens impressive building.

Anna
But I felt bad because of the smell of insence by any means.

Mark
Insence is a drug at all.

Anna
The teacher asked us why we are celebrating Christmas at all. I was the only one who knew the right answer.

Mark
Surely, Christmas is the fête for the end of the year. It isn´t a Christian fête at all.

Anna
Daddy said the German word "Weihnachten" (= Christmas) wouldn´t be Christian not even, but it has its origine from the old Teutonic religions.

Mark
The church said later Jesus was born on Christmas day in order to change the fête in the interest of the Christian religion.

Anna
Lisa said later she is not willing to let destroy her fun at Christmas by us atheists.

Mark
We haven´t got the intention to do so. Everybody can celebrate what he wants.

Anna
You are right, but you cannot unfortunately ignore the Christmas rush. It´s only a gigantic business at all.

Mark
But I ´m happy about the free days at all in spite of all. Daddy promised to assemble the electric model - railroad in our cellar with us together.

Anna
Oh that´s great! That´s a funny matter!