Comments on: A cry for Christmas cheer http://www.aaronfreedman.com/blog/2007/12/21/a-cry-for-christmas-cheer/ The site for the one-and-only Aaron Freedman Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:12:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Thomas GvL http://www.aaronfreedman.com/blog/2007/12/21/a-cry-for-christmas-cheer/#comment-9683 Thomas GvL Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:16:18 +0000 http://www.aaronfreedman.com/blog/2007/12/21/a-cry-for-christmas-cheer/#comment-9683 Interesting... you Americans are so caught up about everything :P I'm not aware of such a debate in Canada. Québec specifically has been traditionally very catholic, but since the '60s, we've become the least-church-attending province and for the generations born since then, active religious people are the minority. Despite all of this, the tradition of Christmas is still very strong and nearly all non-believers (that I know of) put up a tree and gives presents and eat too much and everything. So while the religious part of it is basically gone, the tradition is still very much there. And the other religions don't seem to be bothered by it. Interesting… you Americans are so caught up about everything :P I’m not aware of such a debate in Canada.

Québec specifically has been traditionally very catholic, but since the ’60s, we’ve become the least-church-attending province and for the generations born since then, active religious people are the minority.

Despite all of this, the tradition of Christmas is still very strong and nearly all non-believers (that I know of) put up a tree and gives presents and eat too much and everything. So while the religious part of it is basically gone, the tradition is still very much there. And the other religions don’t seem to be bothered by it.

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