Christmas has become a celebration of families getting together more so than Christ being born. Employees still need the protection of the state or union;/Waving:// to be allowed to spend family time with loved ones. If working holidays were strictly on a volunteer basis I wouldn't have an issue with it but it's not, workers get coerced into working, especially in the retail industry.
that may be true, but really, then it should be called something else no? I mean, that's kind of like hannukah becoming beer and pretzel day instead of a religious ceremony......
But more to the point, it's become more of a time to spend like maniacs than getting together with family.....
I guess it kind of irks me, namely because of the way my brother reacts to it, that all year long he has zilch to do with church or religion of any sort yet all of a sudden christmas becomes SO important to him.....