But the whole thing has been taken away from the christians!
The holiday is to celebrate the birth nothing more..never was. It is suppose to be a time of peace, giving (of yourself) to bring strangers in. To show the love of god to each and all.
This i am afraid has been totally lost and wraped up in earthly ways and desires. I really don't thing God cares less if we have a tree, what kind of tree, of if it's the right gimme gift..
You can't cancel Christmas, it has nothing to do with "more stuff"
Don't forget about Easter and Halloween..... oh, and St. Patricks' day.... they've all been thrown to the Marketing dogs......
And one of the worst offenders is Valentines Day.
I've been told by the GF that in Australia, they don't celebrate most of these holidays and the ones they do, they certainly do not go all out like what we do here.
She has yet to see our Christmas and Halloween yet..... he he....