Am I offended? A little. Why? Because it is NOT a secular day. It's called CHRISTMAS and if you don't believe that it is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of God, then you can't "celebrate" Christmas. As I said earlier, you can celebrate presents and lights, but you are NOT celebrating the spirit of the holiday.

That doesn't mean that someone who is of another faith can't enjoy it or come to my house to participate in our Christmas Eve Feast of the Seven Fishes, but they can't celebrate the essence of the holiday.

I can go to a Seder and enjoy observing it, enjoy the rituals, the history, the food and its meaning, but I'm not "celebrating" Passover because I'm not Jewish.

Perhaps it's the word "celebrate" that is my personal problem.