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i love the logic that a holiday we call “CHRISTmas” could have absolutely nothing to do with CHRISTians, or the birth of their prophet, CHRIST.
Let’s differentiate between Christmas and Yule, seeing as they are considered to be two separate things. The article is about clearly Christmas, not Yule -- and that’s not an easy mistake to make, seeing as when we talk about Christmas we are, 100% of the time, referring to the Christian holiday. If not it would just say Yule. This is about non-Christians relationship to the Christian holiday, that despite being secularized, still leaves non-Christians feeling ostracized, as op said.
Yule might not be a “watered down jesus birthday”, but Christmas is.
The irony is that secular Christmas was supposed to be a solution for a multicultural America where there’s no state religion or required observance. But a watered-down version of Jesus’s so-called birthday... has just managed to make the assumption of Christianity even more of a given. Non-Christians who opt out of stockings and presents aren’t considered bad at religion; they’re considered bad at American-ness.... Each tinkly "It’s the Most Wonderful Tiiiiiime of the Yearrrrrr" is just one more tiny reminder that I’m not part of the majority: I’m an exception to the given social rule.