For me it has nothing to do with my religious beliefs. I just think income status has too strong a bearing on the holiday. The well behaved child from a low income family gets next to nothing while the spoiled angry little trouble making child from a wealthy family gets presents and presents. Even as an adult, after paying rent, car payment, insurance, gas and heat on my income I can't even get groceries yet I get looked down on for showing up empty handed. It's a humiliating feeling