IS CHRISTMAS A RELIGIOUS PRACTICE OR A COMMERCIAL DATE?

IS CHRISTMAS A RELIGIOUS PRACTICE OR A COMMERCIAL DATE?

As many people have said before, Christmas has been greatly commercialized and made secular over time, but this doesn't change the fact that Christmas is a celebration of Christ's birth. Now that isn't to say that he was born on this specific day, this is just the day that Christians choose to get together to celebrate his coming, no matter when it happened.  
Since we're slinging mud at tradition, its only fair to point out that the only reason that secular families celebrate Christmas is because, way back when, their ancestors celebrated it, and it became a tradition to give presents at this time of year, and the religious aspect of it just became less important, and eventually non-existent, but they still celebrate it because its become a tradition. I bet the majority of the people arguing that Christmas is not a religious holiday, celebrated Christmas with their parents, who celebrated with their parents, etc.  
So celebrating a secular Christmas, without Christ, is just as much a tradition as celebrating a religious Christmas, that focuses on Christ's birth.
But all this is irrelevant in this argument as holidays, in general, mean different things to different people. Some take them more seriously than others. So its just important to be sensitive of other's beliefs regardless if they're different from your own.

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