Soledad - I totally agree that Christmas has become a consumerist holiday. It's not about the birth of Jesus any more for a lot of people (for some it is - I'm not saying it isn't). I think a lot of people celebrate Christmas as a cultural tradition rather than a religious holiday, and if that's how they want to celebrate, that's not a problem for me. For me, the problem is when someone says, "I don't celebrate Christmas I celebrate holiday X, but I want all the benefits that people who celebrate Christmas but I don't want Christmas to get any attention." Let me see if I can make this more clear. For example, a girl I knew once completely disagreed with everything Christmas stood for. She didn't think that people should even have the time off for it, because it was awknowleding the holiday (sorry for the bad spelling). However, you wouldn't ever see her NOT taking advantage of the Christmas break or eat the Christmas foods. I think that's very hypocritical. But for people who celebrate Christmas for their own reasons, then all the power to them!