Those folks are all over the internet too. I have been banned from multiple facebook pages run by people like that because I can easily take apart their arguments.
What is ironic about the most conservative almost legalistic Christians in the last 500 years outlawing a holiday? Yeah, they persecuted other Christians who didn't hold to the same secondary doctrines and personal convictions as they did.
There are lots of smug devout Christians who are just as much killjoys as the smug atheists; but while the atheists just try to make you feel stupid, the Christians try to make you feel guilty and unworthy. That's worse.
Just don't confuse "it's tradition" with "we all should feel fine with it because I feel fine with it." Don't underestimate your ability to be a killjoy to others. Season's Greetings!
HEY, EVERYBODY; THIS GUY'S AN INTERNET ATHEIST, AND HE SAID TO TELL YOU THAT JESUS' BIRTHDAY ISN'T ON DECEMBER 25TH, MOST OF OUR CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS HAVE PAGAN ORIGINS, AND THE MODERN SANTA CLAUS IS FROM A 1930S COCA-COLA AD . SEE; NOBODY CARES. NICE TRY, KILLJOY.