Could also be Hindu (Diwali) or Muslim (Ramadan)....all happen around the xmas/new year period.

Personally I don't celebrate xmas in any religious way. For hubby and I it is just a time to be happy and grateful for what we have in life and enjoy time together. Nothing more than that. I believe more closely in the Pagan origins as I am not Christian but we don't put any religious significance on it, no xmas tree, no santa, no commercialism. Just us.