What are the gift giving holidays in non-Christian cultures and religions?

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Interesting how many of these seem to cluster around astronomical features:

Winter Solstice (~Dec 22): Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years. Epiphany, Hindu Dhanu Sankranti, Buddhist Bodhi Day
Spring Equinox (~Mar 20): Easter, Passover, Putim. Hindi New Year, Buddhist Avalokitesvara’s Birthday
Summer Solstice (~ June 22): Pentecost, Corpus Christi, Independence Day, Islam Eid al-Fitr, Hindu Ratha Yatra, Buddhist Birth of Dalai Lama
Fall Equinox (~Sept 21): Harvest Festivals, Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year), Hindu Vishwakarma Puja

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The Eid al-Fitr isn’t exclusively near the summer solstice. It’s different every year, as the Islamic calendar is lunar.

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I thought they clustered around harvest times or new crop planting time. Maybe they are both correlated.

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[Moderating]
This thread was not bumped by Nava, but by a spammer.

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Neither. I think the point is to challenge the assumption in the OP that Christmas is the definitive gift-giving holiday for Christians. This is true only for some Chrisitians, or only for some definitions of “Christmas”.

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I don’t see any spam post.
::No gifts for Nava:: :eek:

…& yours we’ll leave in the cornfield.