>Being raised without a relgion, Easter, Thanks Giving and Christmas are all secular holidays. You know, Santa, the bunny, the turkey...
TURKEY, n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Incidentally, it is pretty good eating.
The Devil's DictionaryIt seems that also amongst Christians, the original meaning of many of these holidays is "secularized" or something. At least the television programs related to Christmas seldom mention the birth of Jesus Christ, for example.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
