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What Holiday or Holidays do you just not celebrate?
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Christmas is a religious holiday that developed secular appeal. Easter is only a religious holiday. It is in fact the most important important religious holiday. My grandmother only made stuffed cabbages on special occasions: weddings, Christmas, and Easter. That's it. It's a big holiday that only matters to people who literally believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead that day. I don't celebrate Easter anymore.
Both Christmas and Easter were pagan holidays that were largely hijacked by Christians for their own purposes.
Nothing is original, and nonetheless we use words to identify them.
What? No Easter bunny, Easter chocolate and painting eggs?
No, the holidays I celebrate have some kind of emotional meaning to me. Thanksgiving makes me feel grateful and satisfied, Christmas makes me feel cheerful and connected to others, when I celebrated July 4th it was pride. Without the religious meaning, Easter makes me feel nothing. If anything, it's awkward and pointless.
Agreed. I was trying to point out to the op who said, "Easter is only a religious holiday" that it too has been twisted in order for businesses to make money.