Whoa! Wait a minute. I think Ed and Paragon misunderstood my post. I was just commenting to Alec's post where he said "What right do people have to force their holiday beliefs at me". I was explaining that the original origins of both decorating a tree and Santa Claus originaly had (past tense) nothing to do with a religion. I thought that it was ironic that it has turned in to a religious symble and now people are upset about it.
Ed, I do like the tradition as is obvious by my original comical (and sarcastic) post. Maybe I wasn't so clear about that when I wrote my second post or maybe you thought I was someone else when you read the post.
Paragon, I'm going to assume (you know what that means and I hope that's not the case!
) that you were being funny. No fire included with my sex dances. Sorry!
And, no, I'm not a pagan!
Co-Pilot, what was your friend's findings? Seriously, I'm curious!! This kinda stuff intrigues me.