Today is the Big Day. It's the reason for the Season's Greetings, for the Happy Holidays. Today is Christmas Eve, with less than 24 hours until Christmas day, as well as the first day of Hannakuh. It's a time of warmth, friendship, reflection, and a chance to celebrate the end of the days getting shorter and the start of the days getting longer.
We celebrate it in the more "secular" (i.e.: pagan) fashion, rather than as a religious event. That's just us - your mileage may vary. That's our right - collectively and individually, to celebrate it however we choose (including choosing
not to celebrate). That's guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
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