Our biggest national holiday suggests something about our national identity

It has become an annual tradition for Christians to observe during Advent and Christmastide that "the Holidays" have become secularized. And our secular neighbors are equally eager to amuse themselves each year by imagining that Christians are up in arms about this trend. (I still haven't met an actual Christian who objected to the infamous Starbucks cup, only people mocking the unnamed Christians who were supposed to have been objecting.)

For sure, the incarnation of the Son of God and savior of the world does not mean much for most Americans anymore. Our biggest national holiday is mostly a time to stress about hosting family, to get stuck in traffic at the mall, to actually host family, to eat well, and to watch a little college football.