How to have Christmas the right way
A couple of years ago, on the eve of Christmas, French sociology students conducted a survey among their peers walking around Paris. The question was one: "What do we celebrate at Christmas?" The suggested answers might seem like a joke: it was "at Christmas celebrate the end of the Christmas sales" and "at Christmas they celebrate the arrival of" Père Noël "(" Father of Christmas ") with gifts", "Christmas is a celebration in honor of the installation of the Christmas tree" and " Christmas is like a rehearsal for the New Year "," Christmas is the beginning of the twelve-day winter holidays from December 25 to January 6 "and even" Christmas is a holiday associated with the release of a new Christmas comedy movie ". Only one answer mentioned God: "Christmas is the birthday of Christ." Of course, the survey could be considered a student joke, if not for the frighteningly small number