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Originally Posted by blankall
Linking the birth of a monarch to religion is a much bigger stretch than linking Christmas to religion. Even if people aren't celebrating the purely spiritual aspects (although many still are), they are still practicing the ceremonial aspects. Ceremony is a large part of religion.
Honestly, I have no problem with places like Starbucks having cups that are Christmas themed or people saying Merry Christmas. But it's another step forward to say that everyone should conform to the dominant religion and practice Christmas traditions, merely because some people don't consider it religious anymore. Are you going to enforce that somehow?
Edit: You're also wrong about Victoria being appointed by God. During Victoria's reign the UK officially became a constitutional monarchy, which gave the parliament the ability to dismiss or appoint a new Monarch. Although in practice the parliament had supreme power over the monarchy since the late 1600s.
So Christmas and Easter remain the only religious holidays in Canada.
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So why do Atheists in general celebrate Christmas? Surely they aren't celebrating a religious holiday?