Co-opting Christmas

Over at Ragged Glory, I have posted my follow-up to the post on controversial Christmas trees. The post is in three parts:

• a discussion of how Christianity co-opted paganism in the Roman empire;
• a discussion of how secular humanism is co-opting Christmas in modern Western society, and why I think this is inappropriate; and
• a proposal for where we should go from here.

(Hat tip to Jack, whose post first drew me out on this subject; and to Jack and Stacey for their dialogue with me, which helped me to sort out my own thoughts on the subject.)