it's because Christmas isn't a church holiday. Not the one we celebrate, anyway. Sure, Christmas and easter are the big Jesus holidays here. But when the nation was founded (and in many places still) easter is big and Christmas is not a big holiday (fun fact, one of the reasons that puritans came here was to get away from the big Christmas celebration which they thought was mildly heretical).
We celebrate American holidays. Christmas = shopping. Thanksgiving = food and the day after is shopping. Easter is about the baskets and small toys, so it's not as big a holiday. Halloween is bigger than easter because there's more candy.
basically, the more you can eat or spend, the more we like a holiday.
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Date: 2009-04-10 04:56 pm (UTC)We celebrate American holidays. Christmas = shopping. Thanksgiving = food and the day after is shopping. Easter is about the baskets and small toys, so it's not as big a holiday. Halloween is bigger than easter because there's more candy.
basically, the more you can eat or spend, the more we like a holiday.