Reply #5: the only problem IMHO is

[realisticphish]

what the fuck is winter celebration day? yay for snow?

sorry. that sounded mean, and i didn't mean that. i like the idea, but when it's clearly just "christmas 2" it won't change anything at all. why would you arbitrarily get a day off in winter, except for a celebration of some sort. know what i mean?

for myself, i totally seperate christmas the celebration of christ's birth from the mithraist holy day on which you give presents. as a christian, i see christmas as a personal observation of a part of christ's life.

and as an american, i like gettin' stuff :D

so for me, i have no problem with secularizing christmas. I don't care if you say merry christmas, happy holidays, Feliz Navidad, or merry third week in december. what do i care what other people think and do? i'm my own person.

Ok, that got a LITTLE off topic. sorry :)