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Old 08-06-2020, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post

The Merry Christmas thing doesn't bother me at all because we were exposed to it from the time we were kids, and public schools had Christmas pageants, Christmas plays, Easter egg hunts, etc. etc. My Jewish upbringing taught me that it was all fairy tales, but they were fun fairy tales so we rolled with it.
Unless you're specifically referring to the non-religious parts of Christian holidays (Santa Claus / Easter Bunny, etc.), I do find it interesting to learn that Christian tenets were taught as "fairy tales" by a religion that professes to believe in an incorporeal God. I'm wondering what the threshold is to reach the "fairy tale" bar. Obviously, a supernatural deity doesn't make the cut.