This is an interesting thread. It's sad that people turned into something hateful.

As someone who grew up Jewish in the US, I can say that it was very hard. I could choose to take off school for our holidays, but school went on without me so it wasn't really feasible. In chorus we sang nothing but Christian religious songs which was confusing. It wasn't easy for me.

I have no problem with Christmas or any other religious holiday. I have no problem with people celebrating whatever holiday they want but I don't really like having it shoved down my throught all the time. I don't think schools and other government institutions should play favorites with the different religious holidays. If I grew up as a Christian I may feel differently. It would have been much easier to celebrate important holidays.