Opinion of incorporating the cross into Christmas celebrations?

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In general, it's in bad taste to inject religion into holiday celebrations.  If you're with your family and friends, it's just awkward to bring up religion.  The point of holidays is to eat and drink and be merry, right?

Do you know why they call it a holiday? 

If there is a cross it should be discrete, nearly subliminal, as a hint of things to come.

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In general, it's in bad taste to inject religion into holiday celebrations.  If you're with your family and friends, it's just awkward to bring up religion.  The point of holidays is to eat and drink and be merry, right?

Do you know why they call it a holiday?  

If there is a cross it should be discrete, nearly subliminal, as a hint of things to come.

Do you actually want to talk about religion with your family or have awkward praying in your house?  That seems like a perfect way to ruin a Christmas party.

I don't understand this.  What is the religious element of Christmas in terms of practice?  Singing Christmas songs?  No.  Overeating?  No.  Getting drunk?  No.  Giving gifts?  No.  I don't see where the religion is supposed to actually enter in.  

Christmas songs are not religious?

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Christmas songs are not religious?

Santa Baby, Jingle Bell Rock, Winter Wonderland, Frosty the Snowman, Up on the Rooftop, et. al. hundreds and hundreds routinely played on the radio right now are not, no.

Many of those songs are wintertime songs rather than having any inherent connection to Christmas per se (they wouldn't make sense in the context of a Christmas celebration in Australia or Honduras), and most tend to be generally inane, overplayed and boring.  A few are fun, but if anyone insists that Christmas should be devoid of all transcendent or transformative meaning rather than be spoiled by anything referencing the person or event which is the inspiration for Christmas, then I have to sympathize with those who can only reply "bah humbug."