I agree with Ch'i. The key to liking Christmas is to rid yourself of the commercialism. It takes selective filtering.
It's interesting, all of my brown friends here, even if they are not Christian, celebrate Christmas to some extent or another. But then again, we all share each other's celebrations here.
I was invited to attend Hari Raya celebrations (that wold be a Ramadan thing), Festival of the Hungry Ghost (mooncakes, yum!) and Deepavali.
In the end, all of these celebrations are the same (with some key variations). They are all about family and friends getting together in a time of darkness to celebrate light and birth/rebirth.
They have more similarities than differences by the way.
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