MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Jonathan Freedland, Comment is free @ theguardian.com,
You don't have to be a Christian to see the appeal of this season. Jews, Muslims and Hindus are getting in on the act
I think it's great that the true secular nature of the holiday, especially the ancient history of it in the climes of northern Europe and its later co-option by the Roman Catholic church, is finally being recognized. Christmas trees, after all, are not very Christian.