>>It 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
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>You've never watched "Merry Christmas Charlie Brown" or "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown"?
No, I don't remember those episodes.
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)