“Two unspecified Christian public holidays?” How many Christian public holidays do they have lying around there? Do we have any others besides Christmas and Thanksgiving?
Christmas, Good Friday and Easter are the only holidays that are recognized in most places. Of these, only Christmas warrants a “Public Holiday”, as Easter always falls on a Sunday, and Friday is typically only celebrated by a select few religions in a service.
One could argue that Thanksgiving is Deist rather than Christian. The Pilgrims gave thanks to God for their bounty and survival. The role of Christ, while important, may or may not have been significant.
I see no reason why either a Jewish or Muslim person would find offence with giving thanks to God.
Umm...easter?!
Easter, I’m sure.
Do we have any others besides Christmas and Thanksgiving?
We no longer have any! We have “spring break” instead of Easter and “winter break” instead of Christmas and I don’t think Thanksgiving was ever considered a Christian holiday. We are busy taking holidays away from the founders and leaders of our nation cramming Presidents birthdays together to make room for MLK and that communist that called La Migra on non union farm workers Chavez. I won’t be surprised if the next thing Zero does by fiat is to eliminate a holiday formerly considered Christian to his lord and mast mutthamed.