Sometimes people are narrow minded. To be honest, I hoped for a Christmas festival, too, and as I read your post, I tripped over myself forgetting that Christmas is only one of many religious festivals. But it's 'mine', and so it felt some kind of natural for me to only hope for Christmas. A neutral winter festival would be great. They could invent something unique, a festival only guardians would celebrate. So nobody had the right to complain he/she is excluded because of religion. I read really creative ideas here under your post, some relating to the house of winter, etc. It's cool that people make up their mind to think of solutions that might be interesting as a replacement for religious festivals. Well written post. I like you, sir.