So What About Christmas

Gift giving at Christmas is a Christian tradition that is widely practiced around the world. ... To Christians, the gifts given at Christmas are symbolic of the tributes made to the baby Jesus by the Three Wise Men after his birth during the story of the Nativity...


So, here is my concern...

What about all those non-believers of any kind of religion, religious beliefs, and/or philosophies...  why do they continuee to give gifts to each other on Christmas Day as if they were CHRISTIANS?

Several of the people I know including members of my immediate family (brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.) have told me that they are ATHEISTS but when it comes to Christmas, they buy and distribute gifts as if they were CHRISTIANS and not ATHEISTS at all.

I don't spend much time thinking about this hypocrisy during the rest of the year, only around the Christmas Season...  but if these people are going to subconsciously or consciously contradict their sworn beliefs during the Christmas Season, how easy will it be for them to contradict their beliefs during the rest of the year?

Obviously, this is a rhetorical question...