Quote Originally Posted by ThisYouWillDo View Post
I go to enjoy the carols and to watch the ceremony (and to have some mince pies and punch afterwards) but I don't participate in worship: I don't recite the Creed or take communion, for instance. To me, attending is whatever the religious equivalent of neighbourly is, whereas taking communion would be blasphemous.
I agree with you. As long as you are respectful of those who are there to worship and don't interfere with or, as you put it, blaspheme their rituals, there is no harm. And the mince pies and punch are certainly a great motivator.