[Sender]

Notice that he doesn't refer to Chanukah in a religious way either, but rather a "celebration of light, freedom and peace". Nice secular little holiday for shopping, just like Christm...I mean, Winter Holiday.

[Question_Assumptions]

Go take a look at Christmas in Japan if you want to see what an economic Christmas devoid of religion looks like. We aren't quite there yet.

[Howlin]

Notice that he doesn't refer to Chanukah in a religious way either, but rather a "celebration of light, freedom and peace".

Main Entry: Ha·nuk·kah
Pronunciation: 'hä-n&-k&, '[k]ä-
Function: noun
Etymology: Hebrew hanukkAh dedication
: an 8-day Jewish holiday beginning on the 25th of Kislev and commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem after its defilement by Antiochus of Syria

[Commie Basher]

Notice that he doesn't refer to Chanukah in a religious way either, but rather a "celebration of light, freedom and peace". Nice secular little holiday

Actually, that's to the benefit of Chanukah.

There was a news story last year in some local Queens, NY paper, about a Catholic mother upset that the school handed out holiday coloring books which had pictures for Chanukah, Kwanzaa, and other winter holidays, but no Christmas. The reason given was that Christmas is religious, but the others were "cultural." So the mother sued. Don't know how it turned out.

Also in Queens, I've seen large menorahs on city property, but no nativity scenes. I assume there's no "seperation of church and state" problem with the menorahs, because they can come in under the "cultural" loophole. The menorahs were sponsored by synagogues, so no city money paid for them, but it seems churches can't even sponsor their stuff.