I don’t think so, but I could definitely do without Christmas. I hate all the expectations. The holiday has never matched up to my expectations and all in all, I’d rather do without it. Same with my birthday for the same reasons. These are days I’d rather be alone and forgotten. So long as people remember me the next day.
Thanksgiving, however, is very important to me. I would hate to be alone on Thanksgiving. Those are the only two holidays I celebrate.
Christmas, for me, is not religious. Well, not in the way people usually think about it. I see it as a holiday that celebrates consumption and the economy. The bigger the Christmas, the better the economy and the happier people are, overall. If you think this is cynical, just ask yourself if you would like the economy to be as it is now when Christmas comes around, or whether you would like something to goose the economy into a more brawny state? If you want more people to have jobs, a rollicking free-for-all Christmas is extremely important.