@ethos First of all: What we (the Catholics) celebrate on Christmas is **not** (simply) the birth of Jesus; what we actually celebrate is the beginning of the salvation of mankind by Christ.
This festival is **only** celebrated by Christians and the purpose of the festival is to thank God for something and there is no other purpose. And you want to tell me that this is a non-Christian issue?
Here in Germany most people do not believe in God and they celebrate something on Christmas just to celebrate. However Christians typically do **not** take part in such kinds of celebrations: Just like …