For related reasons, I never really understood Christians who refuse to participate in Christmas or Easter because they had their origins in Pagan Festivals. Maybe a thousand years ago Easter involved worshipping some pagan goddess, but it doesn't anymore; nowadays, the only religious meaning associated with Easter is the resurrection of Christ (and secular meanings involve Bun-Bun and killer death robots). Same goes for Christmas: it no longer means whatever it used to mean before Constantine got through with it. Now its only religious meaning is celebrating the birth of Jesus (its nonreligious meanings I won't mention, because everyone else in this thread is doing a much nicer job of it than I could anyway). I don't see the problem with it.

-Eric Sleator
Thu 26 Dec A.D. 2002