Second Phoenix, you are entitled to your set of opinions, but not your set of facts. I'll present one such citation that refutes your opinion now.
"The de-Christianization of Christmas is blatant: few people attend midnight mass these days, and Father Christmas/
Santa Claus is more important than Jesus. But this de-Christianization becomes explicit in a "multiculturalist" framework, where a number of voices are clamoring for all Christian references to disappear in favor of a religious neutrality; the word "Christmas" is often evaded in the US in favor of "Holiday"; American department have systematically begun replacing their Merry Christmas banners with the religiously neutral Season's Greetings, much to the displeaure of many Christians"
"The American Puritans did not celebrate Christmas, since for the strict Protestants there was no Biblical foundation for this celebration, and in the early nineteenth century Congress used to sit on Christmas Day. Modern day Christmas, a family festival celebrated by the fireside, with a Christmas tree and presents, is a first step towards the de-Christianization of the birth of Christ, for it stared in Victorian England following the publication of Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol. This was a departure from the Christan celebration for the period, when people left the warmth of their homes to walk through the cold night to Church. Once again, a "Christan tradition' turns out to be a cultural construct" p. 122
HOLY IGNORANCE
When Religion and Culture Part Ways
By Olivier Roy
Translated by Ros Schwartz.259 pp. Columbia University Press. $27.50
Mr. Roy, who is professor at the
European University Institute in
Florence,
Italy, uses the term 'cultural construct' and 'paganization' interchangeably.
