# Why Is Christmas A Federal Holiday In The United States? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 25, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-christmas-a-federal-holiday-in-the-united-states/956630 "2021-12-25T17:23:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 69
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-christmas-a-federal-holiday-in-the-united-states/956630/69 "2021-12-26T16:35:27Z")
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)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-secular-holidays-in-america-mostly-christmas-split-from-the-columbus-day-thread/954138): > > 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-christmas-a-federal-holiday-in-the-united-states/956630)._