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I mean, Christmas is borderline secular at this point. I’m an atheist but I’m not that triggered by it.
Unless I'm gravely mistaken, I think Christmas and the winter holiday it's centered on is actually pagan and has been celebrated for a staggering length of time. The whole tree thing and yule log and all that. I think religions just kinda co-opted it since it was already being celebrated and nobody was quite sure when Jesus was born exactly. I've noticed that a lot of Irish music and ancient tunes were later transferred into church music with some tweaked lyrics too. But the underlying music can be quite a bit older.
Good point! Festivus has been with civilization a long time :D
In grade two, one of my kids was laughing about a kid in his class who said Christmas was about Jesus, not Santa.
We had a conversation about tolerance and not making a big deal about other's beliefs. And the history of Christmas.
But I think Christmas will be fully secular (in Canada) within a generation.
Assuming we survive the coming Water Wars. (mostly /s)
Sorry not sure I get the relevance.
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