“Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday. In spite of its religious form (giving thanks to God for a good harvest), its essential, secular meaning is a celebration of successful production. It is a producers’ holiday. The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production. Abundance is (or was and ought to be) America’s pride-just as it is the pride of American parents that their children need never know starvation.” KnowsNeedsGivingChildrenFactsAmericaFormParentReligiousResultsSuccessfulPrideOughtEssentialsRewardsProductionsProducersThanksSymbolsMealsAbundanceSpiteHolidayCelebrationConsumptionSecularHarvestStarvation Author:Ayn Rand
“If the aim is to keep "Christ" in the shopping-mall Christmas or to ensure that pagan trees and mistletoe don't lose their Christian labels, then it might make sense to attack presidents and business owners who commit the "happy holiday" sin. But if the goal is to restore the religious meaning of the Christian holy day, then they are aiming at the wrong Target.” IfsMightChristianGoalPresidentChristLosesReligiousSinTreeAtheismHolyAimPositive AtheismCommitLabelsMake SenseHolidayOwnersTargetShoppingPaganMallsBusiness OwnersHappy HolidaysHoly DaysMistletoe Author:Charles Haynes
“Christmas: It's the only religious holiday that's also a federal holiday. That way, Christians can go to their services, and everyone else can sit at home and reflect on the true meaning of the separation of church and state.” WayStatesHomeChristianChurchReligiousSeparationChristmasHolidayChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateTrue MeaningReligious Holiday Author:Samantha Bee
“Christmas is a season which almost all Christians observe in one way or another. Some keep it as a religious season. Some keep it as a holiday. But all over the world, wherever there are Christians, in one way or another Christmas is kept.” WorldWayChristianReligiousSeasonsOne WayHoliday Author:J. C. Ryle
“Most Christmas carols have no obvious religious content, or at least that's noticeable to most people. I mean, it is almost by definition, a cultural phenomenon, all these songs, even though they point to this very religious holiday. They're not religious songs in effect anymore.” PeopleMeanSongReligiousEffectsDefinitionsObviousHolidayPhenomenonCarolsChristmas CarolReligious Holiday Author:Howard Dean