Check out this little article from Tongue Tied ( http://www.tonguetied.us )
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Organizers of a charity bazaar in Conifer, Colo. refused to allow a local woman to set up a booth at the event because the items she wanted to sell – CDs of Christmas hymns she recorded herself – were too Christian, reports the Canyon Courier.
Evergreen resident Donna Jack was told her music was inappropriate for the 27th annual Holiday Boutique put on by the Conifer Newcomers and Neighbors organization. (The name of the event was changed from ‘Christmas Boutique’ to ‘Holiday Boutique’ a couple years ago so it wouldn’t appear to be a Christian event.)
A committee member told Jack the music was nice but might be more appropriate for a church arts and crafts fair. Jack even volunteered to equip the booth with headphones so others wouldn’t be subjected to Christmas songs, but the organizers would not relent.
The word "Christmas" is not necessarily Christian. Christmas was the first federal holiday, ordered during the Grant administration. So, if you are having a "Christmas Festival" you are having a festival dedicated to the law and Act of Congress passed in 1875. Now how could that be anything but secular! :-)