Why Is Christmas A Federal Holiday In The United States?

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Moderating:

We recently had a lengthy discussion about whether Christmas is it isn’t a Christian holiday in the US

Religious/Secular holidays in America (mostly Christmas, split from the Columbus Day thread)

Christmas, as the majority of society celebrates it, is now entirely secular, on a par with Thanksgiving. There’s no real rationale for objecting to it as a holiday on the grounds of its religious roots. And I say this as a completely non-religious person.

I request that if you feel the need to argue that topic, you take it there. This thread is about a related topic (why is Christmas a federal holiday in the US). You can state your opinion (it’s actually secular/it’s a Christian holiday/something else) to give context to the rest of your post. But please don’t engage other posters regarding this, or i expect this thread will be overwhelmed by that side-discussion.