From: mtklima@yahoo.com   
      
   "i"  wrote in message   
   news:TOse2ECe5veFFwNO@eddlewood.demon.co.uk...   
   > There is a hoo-haa going on in the UK regarding the celebration of   
   > Christmas. It comes in various forms: the Archbishop of York has accused   
   > "aggressive secularists" of undermining the traditional Christian festival   
   > by sending non-religious cards, and criticising the performance of   
   > Nativity plays in schools, and the holding of carol services in churches.   
   > Two reasons are given: PC concerns that such things will upset our Muslim   
   > and other religious groups, and that we are no longer a Christian country.   
   >   
   > Now, in all this fuss, it has been reported that the U.S. of A., generally   
   > regarded here as a much more Christian country than we are, calls the   
   > festival "the Holiday" and doesn't place much religious significance on   
   > it.   
   >   
   > Can this be right? And is this new? I've never been over at this time, so   
   > would welcome enlightenment.   
   >   
   > Thanks for any helpful contributions.   
   >   
      
   It depends. But it is true that most of my USAmerican friends that write to   
   me talk about the "holiday season". Maybe it is because they know I am an   
   unredeemable atheist (which they are not), but I suspect that's the way they   
   normally refer to it.   
      
   regards   
   Milan   
      
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