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I've just started a new job in a VERY diverse Mortgage company, and today they asked me to decorate the office, put up a tree & trim it, put up wreaths, etc. I was really surprised, because the two men that created our company are Muslim, and the man that helped me put the tree together was Jewish. Being raised Christian, I always associated Christmas with only my religion, and so I asked my co-workers how it was possible that no one was offended that more holidays weren't included. I got a similar answer from everyone - no one felt that Christmas was really a Christian holiday, as things like trees, lights and Santa Claus weren't religious, and so they had always celebrated it. Many said that as long as they had lived in the US they had celebrated it.
One woman told me that Christians put too much of an emphasis on Christmas, while Easter was so much more important to the religion. It definitely made me stop and think!
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