I agree with you Wagner. And I don't believe it's in anyones benefit to bastardize Christmas.
- I'm just debating the other side cause I understand the argument.

I like Christmas. Before my wife converted to Jewish, I used to get her a Christmas tree and every year, I make a big Christmas dinner for all my friends.
Personally I believe ALL religions are a ton of nonsense. Including my own. That's why I'm not religious in any way shape or form. My identity to my religion is cultural, not spiritual.

But I do try to be sensitive to those who also think differently. Not everyone celebrates Christmas and those that don't also have a right to their opinion. Especially if things are being paid for by the taxpayer.

p.s. - Statdoc:

Separation of church and state is a political and legal doctrine that government and religious institutions are to be kept separate and independent from each other.[1] The term most often refers to the combination of two principles: secularity of government and freedom of religious exercise.[2]
The phrase separation of church and state is generally traced to the letter written by Thomas Jefferson in 1802 to the Danbury Baptists, in which he referred to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution as creating a "wall of separation" between church and state.[3] The phrase was then quoted by the United States Supreme Court first in 1878,[4] and then in a series of cases starting in 1948.[5] This led to increased popular and political discussion of the concept.

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