You nailed it before I could get my reply posted. We are celebrating Christmas to mark the birth of Jesus. What exactly are the Muslims, Hindus or Buddists celebrating that earns them equal time next to our symbols of the season?
You have no issue with the Menorah?
About the last thing I wanna do is be thought of as defending Islam - but the religion does recognize Jesus Christ as a holy prophet.
But they believe that he was only one in a line of holy prophets that preceded Mohammad and that he.
Surprisingly, Wikipedia does offer a good explanation on how Islam views Jesus Christ. Click on this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_in_Islam
Having said all that, Islam does have a tendency, theologically and literally, to appropriate many parts of Christianity for their own use.