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One thing to consider is that certain holidays (despite being 'religious' in nature) arent really treated as religious by the masses.
I dont believe in religions, but celibrate chrismas as a family holiday. Same with easter.
However other holidays are really only going to by celibrated by the religious because there arent enough non practitioners who would also use those holidays.
Theres also the fact that there is supposed to be a seperation of church and state but it is actually a christian controlled government.
Not necessarily, there are a lot of secular Jews who still celebrate chanukah and passover, and even Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
What is the 'not necessarily' to? I dont see how your comment disagrees with any of theirs.
Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought they were saying that there are not other holidays observed by secular folks
Yeah, that is the complete opposite of what the other comment said.
What they said:
You provided a good example of the first case, that even non practicing Jews celebrate some holidays, same as many book Christians are celebrating Christmas.