No, I find it fairly soulless to hear of people so lacking in ideas of their own they take their guidelines on how to live from an empty television show that ended over a decade ago.

With my fellow pagans I will celebrate the first winter holiday Yule, on December 21st, (which prior to the calendar change in the mid 1700's fell on December 25th) the shortest day of the year. From this celebration we get the lighting of candles in the window, bring evergreen trees into our homes and decorate them. We give gifts, and sing songs of joy because the days will start getting longer, and spring will soon return.

What people crying about the lack of 'christ' in christmas ignore is the entire holiday has been stolen first from the pagans. Mithras, a Persian deity who's feast day (birthday) was December 25th. He was sent by his father-god, to bring the rule of law and rid the world of evil. Birthed to a virgin, the daughter of a shepard in the winter camp (no lambs present)

Would that the Globe could do some research on the origins of modern holidays. Not just write articles on people so empty of culture they need television to tell them what to do.