LT, good point. "Would you go to Saudi Arabia and expect them to tone down Ramadan and Eid because you were a Christian or put a Christmas tree up for you?" Nope. Then again, you wouldn't have the option, they ban and confiscate all Christian stuff. The ultimate religious nation-state.

My 2 cents on the issue: If we could just keep religious celebrations in homes and churches where they belong, keep them out of the government and workplace, yes, and public schools. To me there is something more cheesy than an office Christmas tree, and I'm not too crazy about public school 'holiday' pageants. Let's give everybody 10 days a year to take off for whatever religious stuff they want to observe (or take an atheist's retreat, for that matter) and stop trying to drag God into the workplace and public school. If you want your kid to be in a ton of religious pageants and chorales, suck it up and pay for tuition at a religious school of your choice.