Seems like the argument is about words. The words don't make the celebration, they just help you talk about it. Year-old & younger kids catch on just fine to Christmas/Yule/Solstice/whatever and they don't call it anything.

The dark of the year is a good time to celebrate. Do what you want, sing what you want. And call it what you want-- "Yule" is pretty good, but if you call it "Christmas" so people will know when you mean it's ok; you won't have signed a contract for the Mass of Christ. A star looks good on the tree, but it doesn't commit you to anything. Why worry about whether it's REALLY about Christ or Saturn or whoever? The act comes first, then the interpretation. First the art, then the critic.

Clint Keller