The Atheist's Guide to Christmas

{{Short description|2009 book}}

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| author = Ariane Sherine (Editor)

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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| genre = Nonfiction

| publisher = Friday Project/Harper Perennial(US Edition)

| pub_date = 1 Oct 2009 (14 Oct 2010 Paperback)/ 2 November 2010 (US Edition)

| media_type = Print/Audiobook (Hardcover/Paperback)

| pages = 272

| isbn = 978-0-00-732261-9

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The Atheist's Guide to Christmas is a 2009 book written by 42 atheist celebrities, comedians, scientists and writers who give their humorous and serious tips for enjoying the Christmas season as an atheist. It made the Amazon best-seller list on its launch.{{cite web|url=http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/10/atheist-guide-xmas-hits-amazon-seller-list/|title=ATHEIST GUIDE TO XMAS – HITS AMAZON BEST SELLER LIST|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214070508/http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/10/atheist-guide-xmas-hits-amazon-seller-list/|archivedate=2010-12-14}}

It is the first atheist charity book campaign with the full book advance and half of the royalties being donated to the UK HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/27/atheist-christmas-book|title=Atheists examine Christmas from angel-free angle|last=Butt|first=Riazat|work=The Guardian| location=London | date=2009-09-27}}{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6855865.ece|work=The Times|last=Haynes|first=Natalie|author-link=Natalie Haynes|title=Now you can do Christmas even if you don't do God| location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Contributors to the book include Richard Dawkins, Charlie Brooker, Derren Brown, Ben Goldacre, Jenny Colgan, David Baddiel, Simon Singh, AC Grayling, Jey McCreight, Natalie Haynes, Brian Cox, Nick Doody, Ed Byrne, Christina Martin, Matt Kirshen, Richard Herring, Emery Emery and Simon Le Bon. In the audio book version, the authors read out their contributions.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/series/the-atheist-guide-to-christmas| title=Authors read their contributions to Ariane Sherine's book | location=London | work=The Guardian | date=2009-12-02}} The number of authors was kept to 42 to honor the memory of Douglas Adams, a friend of Richard Dawkins and an atheist himself.