Christmas really is a religious holiday, that's why so many Jews leave the country in December. But to me it isn't -- it's simply an excuse to give gifts. We're currently in the process of secularization -- like the first day of winter, which stems from the winter solstice, which was a pagan holiday.
We get to currently witness something going from a religious sacred ritual, to a yearly occurrence with no religious connotations -- only we haven't yet shed the last of those.
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