To me, Christmas is both. Well, CHRISTmas is Christian, Yule/christmas isn't. So the going to Church, the Bible readings, the goodwill to all men, that's Christian. The big tree, the greed, the festival of light... that's more pagan. Santa Claus is a false god in my eyes. There are some gifts, but then there are gifts all year round. It's a good chance to see family, but more because everyone is off work - we do the same in the Summer. And it's not at the right time of year. But then, I don't celebrate my birthday. And I don't celebrate DS's birthday on the actual day either. A little memory is nice, but it doesn't need to be bang on the day or hour.

Easter. No, it's not. We don't do chocolate eggs or bunnies in our home, it's again about the death and ressurection of Jesus. It's also passover, that's where that date came from. But I'm not celebrating passover, nor a fertility festival. I'm celebrating that Jesus died to cleanse me of my sins.

It's about HOW and WHY you do what you do as much as when!