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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP but I have toddlers and love these suggestions! I really want to prioritize Indian celebrations as they grow up - take a day or two off work so we can prepare for Puja in a relaxed manner. And spend a couple weekends before doing holiday-related arts and crafts to make those special memories. [/quote]

My kids grew up here, so we celebrate both the Indian and American festivals.  My kids love 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.  We celebrate it in a not-religious manner and concentrate of the food, decoration, entertaining, gift giving etc.   We  have a large group of Indian friends from different regions, so we all celebrate one or two of our favorite festivals in a big way and our friends join us for potluck.

Some of the things that we have adopted and given it a Indian twist is for the kids - Diwali gift exchange, and making and hanging diwali ornaments. 
We have also created some diwali traditions like throwing native wild flower seeds in  a meadow near our house and also hanging some bird feeders for the fall and winter. [/quote]

Why would you strip away the religious aspect? How whitewashed and bland...[/quote]

We are not Christians.  For us, Christmas is a social celebration, rather than a religious celebration. We are not going to church etc.  We primarily celebrate it the same way as we do Halloween.  We focus on the decorations, food, gift giving, meeting family and friends.  We also use it as a time to give gifts to teachers to show our appreciation because there is no national holiday celebrating teachers in this country.

And, I have no problems in borrowing fun and useful things from any culture  that I encounter here, because why live in a silo when you have been given an opportunity to pick and select whatever appeals to you? 
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DP — I’m a Christian here, and I agree with you about the silos.  There is so much we can learn about others AND ourselves.  Also while Christmas is a religious holiday for Christians, the federal Christmas holiday is secular.  *insert appropriate Diwali equivalent expression for may you enjoy your holiday*[/quote]

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