re: Maryland school district to strip references to religious holidays on calendar

Meh. Stupid, but not that big a deal.

Turning Christmas into winter break is the only one that kinda irks me. Christmas is a large enough cultural event that it transcends religious boundaries.

For example, plenty of atheists celebrate Christmas; Or put another way, putting up a Christmas tree, putting up decorations and passing out Christmas gifts does not make you a Christian.

Just like if I eat apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah, that doesn't make me jewish.

For Christians, it is an important (though not the most important) religious holiday and we need to remember the "reason for the season." But we are deluding ourselves to think that is doesn't have cultural significance beyond that.