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That quote is attributed to a former NSA employee. Something being "like Christmas" is a popular American phrase that doesn't indicate one's religion.
by _mitch 8y ago
That quote is attributed to a former NSA employee. Something being "like Christmas" is a popular American phrase that doesn't indicate one's religion.
- isostatic 8y agoChristmas has very little to do with religion, it's a cultural holiday across the world.
- sockopen 8y ago"Christmas is an annual festival, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
- darkpuma 8y agoThis may be a disturbing thought to some, but a great many people don't give a damn about any supposed virgin birth. To them, it's about getting time off from work to visit family, various pagan-derived decorations around the home (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule), seasonal desserts, and of course consumerism/consumption (particularly the giving of gifts, which is what "like Christmas" in this instance refers to.)