@MasterLee Human beings are naturally religious. By all means stop public holidays for Christian festivals in Europe (or Islamic, or indeed Jewish ones, in the Middle East, etc, etc), but we'll end up with at least lowkey religious fervour about something else. We're about a decade away from NHSmas in the UK as it is.
@MasterLee Christmas is no longer a religious holiday when the majority of the people celebrating it are not religious as is the case here in Norway and to a very large extent in the UK. It is simply a celebration of family connections.