It's called Christmas because it celebrates the birth of Christ, simple as that.

And that's probably a good thing to do, being as how he was so influential as a social philosopher. The problems only arise when secularism starts to creep in, as it tends to do in creating most of the world's ills.

And secularism in relation to Christ - "Christianity" - only started to be a problem when in those simple times way back when, the rulers made up the tale that Christ was actually someone called God, with all the attached stuff that that concept entailed.

So here we are in the 21st century and it's still the fact that people insist on hanging on to what was always a pretty stupid notion that causes problems between the different so-called "faiths".

It's just a guy's birthday celebration for Christ's sake!

Merry Christmas, Terry