BAH HUMBUG! Serious version( Date edited)

Not being Christian, this whole Christmas thing can get rather overwhelming. Look at the top swaps - half of them are Christmas related and it's only September! I don't begrudge anybody their celebration, but its a time of year I feel very much an outsider, yet unwittingly sucked into the consumer spending spree because of my in-laws. I actually find the story of the Nativity lovely, but in the US, its about decorating, eating, and spending money, not about celebrating birth.

For this swap, you will create a greeting card or handmade postcard about any winter holiday of your choice, representing the underlying spiritual theme. You may have to think really hard about this, so that anybody can relate to it and that's the challenge.

This website has an introduction to many holidays:

http://maf.dept.uncg.edu/programs/opportunities/winterholidays.html

Open to anyone, from any country, with good recent ratings and newbies with complete profiles.