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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all are missing the point. Deliberately, I assume. But let me try to get you back on track.

The point is NOT that anybody is butthurt that you're celebrating Christmas. So stop already with the dumb deflection of "don't tell us how to celebrate Christmas", because that's not the question being asked here.

The point is, WHY? It would be like me celebrating Eid or Hannukah, and then bitching about the gifts and visiting relatives. 
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Many Christians in Egypt participate in Eid activities.  America is majority Christian.  Christmas culture is pervasive. It would be very odd if many (not all, and not even majority) non-Christians did NOT do something for Christmas. [/quote]

This is a great comment -- I had no idea that Christians in Egypt participate in Eid activities, but it makes sense (to me) that they would, in the same way that it makes sense (to me) that non-Christians in the US might rather adopt some Christmas practices versus sitting home & feeling Grinchy. (Note: Although associated with Christmas, the Grinch was actually a fictional character created by Ted Geisel, a/k/a Dr. Seuss, in 1957, and thus is available for co-option by non-christians.)

I suspect a lot of the people who celebrate without belief were raised in Christian homes & sticking with the traditions they feel comfortable with. But here's a first-person essay from Neil Gaiman, whose family is Jewish, talking about how & why they came to have a Christmas tree every year.

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