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1) Many people who identify themselves as non-religious celebrate Christmas anyway. 2) Christmas existed in virtually all European cultures before Christianity
by mantas 14y ago
1) Many people who identify themselves as non-religious celebrate Christmas anyway.
2) Christmas existed in virtually all European cultures before Christianity. Under different titles though.
- aes256 14y agoI don't disagree. Christmas occupies a peculiar place in British culture because it is part religious festival, part cultural tradition. Rather like the monarchy, people tend to go along with it, despite the fact it's an anachronistic and unjust system, because it gives people a warm fuzzy feeling. I think that's part of the reason so much vitriol is aimed at "politically correct" attitudes towards Christmas. It angers both religious and non-religious people because they see it, more than anything else, as an attack on a national pastime.