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In Europe, pre-Christianity, they had a winter festival called “Yule” and other things that was basically exactly the same thing as Christmas.

Early Christians co-opted this celebration because of its popularity with the people, and it was a good thing on the whole (in my opinion) because it helped to spread Christianity.

But people get (rightly) confused when people start talking about the birth of Christ, and someone else starts talking flying reindeer, talking snowmen, a fat jolly old elf in a red suit delivering toys.

Some people cannot seem to separate the secular/pagan aspects of “Yule” with the birth of our Lord Christ.

My point is that Muslims have nothing to fear from “Santa Claus” or a tree as neither is a Christian symbol, but instead a pagan/secular symbol of Yule. A manger and creche and the star are actual Christian symbols of Christmas.

I am not taking the stand that you should or should not celebrate the “Santa” part of Christmas. I do, and I enjoy doing it! But let us not get it confused with actual Christianity (or let the Muslims/libtards get confused).