redoglum, Christmas is not a religious holiday; it's a secular holiday. Maybe some freepers can tell us why secular rather than religious. Rush brought this up a few months ago.
Yes and no. It is a "secular" holiday in the US, but the name "Christmas" means Christ's mass. It has become secular, but the name is not. That is why I asked if they celebrated "winter holiday or solstice".
While we're on that tack, I'm forced to wonder exactly how "religious" this Eid al-Fitr holiday is. According to the article, it's the celebration of the "the breaking of the fast of Ramadan" - that is, the end of Ramadan, when they get to eat again. Sounds to me like they're celebrating the relief from a religious observance, not the religious observance itself.