Advent calendars

[susanmcgee48176]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "susanmcgee48176"
> <Schlobin@> wrote:
> >
> > > 
> > > Carol, still wondering how "Happy holidays" could ever have
> (nearly) replaced "Merry Christmas" in a country (the U.S.) in which
> 94 percent of the population celebrates Christmas
> > >
> > 
> > Well, only 79% of the population is Christian...so.....
> > 
> > Susan
> >
> Carol responds:
> 
> And yet 94 percent of Americans, fifteen percent of whom don't 
attend
> church or consider themselves as belonging to any Christian
> denomination, celebrate Christmas. Can't speak for other countries,
> but evidently the trend is only occurring in the U.S.
> 
> Carol, who thinks that Christmas is about love, peace, and joy and
> wishes she could share that feeling with everyone
>


Carol, would you post the source for the statement that 94% of 
Americans celebrate Christmas?

And, I think we can always share feelings of love, peace, and joy by 
saying just that -- not relegated to Christmas, or Christian holiday 
greetings..

Susan