The religious aspects of Christmas and Easter don't even play into my thinking and this is natural for me because that's how I was raised.
This makes me think of my SIL - when she was five and went to school she asked her dad "Is Santa Claus like Jesus Christ - someone other people believe in but we don't?" LOL!!

From the mouths of babes.....

Amysarah, that is awful about what your Uncle did. My mother wants a non-religious ceremony and I imagine I will face the same thing from her family when the time comes.