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[quote=Anonymous]I'm Asian and a Buddhist.  We emigrated here when I was 12.  My mother worked for an American organization in our home country so we were very familiar with American holidays, including Christmas.  We put up a Christmas tree because we liked how it looked and it seemed like a nice American tradition.  I love how it looks, so festive and fun.  We decorate it with ornaments we've collected from different places we've been.  It's nice when we get them out to talk about where we got them and what we were doing.  I recognize I don't have the same history of persecutions as Jewish people.  But, I think it also helps me see that the tree really isn't about religion but seasonal decoration.  Sort of like nothing says spring like daffodils and tulips!

I've got a friend (a Christian) who keeps a tree up all year (it's fake).  She decorates it according to the season.  I don't know if you can really call it a Christmas tree since it's up year round.  She's not very religious.[/quote]

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