Beautifully said, Sally! Even though I've always identified more as Jewish than Christian, our family went the opposite route and celebrated Christmas. I think it was more of an attempt to conform than anything else. As many wonderful things as there are about Christmas, it really is hard to get past how disgustingly commercial all of the pageantry around it has become.. I enjoy the holidays for the lights, love and togetherness, but there's something terrible about what black friday and prime deals have done to our culture.