> I know that my own Christmas did not have even the slightest element of Christian meaning involved. In fact, I don't think I even *saw* any overtly religious symbolism or celebrations during my various excursions around town on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

I'm "not a Christian" (hi Howard) either, and don't celebrate Christmas, but sometimes will help with setting up a friends tree or something. I isn't a Jewish holiday, but then again neither is Haloween. That was actually originally a Christian holiday that became integrated into common culture. The same thing happened with Valentine's Day. Those were a little different from Christmas, however. They are pretty much just fun things to do. Christmas is actually celebrating the birth of Jesus (not that that's a bad thing, we celebrate the day God rested after creating the world each week). It would seem a little weird for non-christians to celebrate that. Even so, it does seem to be becoming more and more a part of common culture and may soon be celebrated by everyone.

MA"Why do only Christian holidays become universal celebrations?"NGO