Well, I must say that you do have a point. However, there is a difference between “Cultural Christainity” and the real thing. Why are mega churches closing down? Well, they say that it’s because they have to have like a hundred people working just to have services on Christmas day. There fore they make people work on Christmas day, so it would be wrong to have church and make them work on Christmas. Well, Christian or not, I think that is a bunch of crap just like everyone else. This is an example of cultural christianity. Like people who say they are catholic and really have not set foot in the church since the day they were baptized at the age of two.
On the other hand, there is real, true Christianity. There are people that do put Christ first on Christmas. My church was packed on Christmas day. Are there a bunch of idiots who call themselves christians tryingn to fight public battles that they have no business being involved in, yes. Are there a ton of hypocritiacal people, especially in the public eye, who deface the whole thing with there raving ignorance, yes. But that doesn’t mean that Christianity has lost any meaning to the people that hold it.
Those of us who try to follow Christ definitely find it discouraging to see big churches like willow creek and saddle back closing their doors on one of the days that it should be opened every year, whether it’s sunday or not, but we will keep on celebrating Christmas the way that it should be celebrated.

Um, they closed churches?

Yes, I concur with your analyses there. Though I’ve always tried to remind myself that some things in life are bad, they can really make you mad, and others things make you swear and curse. When you’re chewing on lifes grizzle, don’t grumble, give a wistle, and this’ll help things turn out for the best. And always look on the bright side of life, always look on the……

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I’m trying hard to keep my children atheist, against the wishes of my family. I was thinking about the battle I would have to have when my mom would ask to take the kids to church. I thought about it and said the hell with it. Take them to church on X-mas, they’ll hate it as much as everyone else does, as much as I did. Nothing makes kids like church more than getting piles of presents and sugar, and then having to leave your new toys so you can sit still for an hour. They came back hating the whole experience. Going to church ruined thier Christmas!