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Nope, not at all. When we spend christmas in Sydney, my husband and I volunteer all day at a shelter where they put on a massive street party for people with no place to go, and we plan to continue that tradition with our son...we don't do presents but donate the money we would spend to the shelter. This year we will be in Canada with my family who also aren't religious, but we do the big christmas dinner and present exchange. I'm hoping that next year my parents will come to Sydney and we will all volunteer together, my son will be about 20 months and I want to expose him as early as possible to the fact that not everyone gets to celebrate christmas the way we might.

Yes, it is. We celebrate Advent as a season of waiting, preparation, and giving. We celebrate Christmas as a time of joy, hope, peace, and a season to reflect/remember the birth of Christ. (Although, no, of course we don't think it was actually Christ's birthday. I don't know anyone who does!)

ETA: But we totally do all the secular stuff too!

Yes! We try to keep it the main focus of the holiday. But we love sharing the "magic" of Christmas with LO as well, and sharing the spirit of giving and love.

Nope. We aren't religious.