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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Responding to the person who called the bunny a form of proselytizing. Maybe you can elaborate? I come from a minority religion and painted Easter eggs as a kid. When I eventually learned Easter bunny celebrates resurrection and santa is for jc’s bday, it was all too comical to take seriously. [/quote]

Christians recycled the rabbits and eggs from earlier "pagan" religions.  So I think they are pretty secular at this point.

I don't give Santa the same free pass because his origin story traces back to a Catholic saint and explicit practitioner of Christianity.

Christmas trees are kinda pagan as far as I understand it.  And are a bit of floral seasonal decorating that is something cultures everywhere tend to do with attractive seasonal things from nature.

I am the PP who mentioned we have gotten a lot more Ramadan content at work since DEI took off during the pandemic.  I seek out this content which is optional (lunch 'n learns).  I just don't feel totally comfortable that some people are getting upset because there is imbalanced airtime.  And religion doesn't really belong at secular workplaces.

I just hope everyone can keep trying to be inclusive and if they feel left out to politely help address the situation.  I personally can live with imbalanced airtime that doesn't cover my majority culture without getting offended.  I understand letting other people have turns.

By the way it's because my mom gave me a Unicef book about other countries when I was a kid, that I kind of became secular early on.  There is always the risk to some people that if you admit that other people have different beliefs your kids might not share yours.  I think that's where a lot of the conservative outrage comes from.  Their identity is threatened.[/quote]

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