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Just turn christmas into a secular festival like halloween, make Santa Claus and Rudolph the red nose raindeer rather than Jesus as the center character of hristmas should be sufficient, no need to replace the word christmas with something else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night was my company&#8217;s annual christmas party. Even though it said annual, it&#8217;s the first time since 5 years. During the downturn, the company simply cut all the unncessary expense, and the party is one of them. The official name is called winter party, to be politically correct and not offending other religion. 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