Nearly Half of Voters Say There Is Too Little Focus on Religion During Christmas: Poll
By Janita Kan
December 25, 2019 Updated: December 25, 2019

Nearly half of voters say the religious aspects of the Christmas holiday are not receiving as much attention as in the past, according to a recent poll.

Polling data from the Hill-HarrisX survey found that 46 percent of respondents say that there is too little emphasis on Christmas as a religious holiday while 18 percent say there is too much emphasis. Meanwhile, 36 percent of voters say there is a right amount of balance between the religious and other aspects of the holiday.

This comes at a time where earlier polling data from this year found the number of people who identify as Christian was facing a rapid decline across the country. The Pew Reseach Center found that the number of Americans who identify as Christian fell 12 percentage points over the past decade, while the number of people who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic, or “nothing in particular” is at 26 percent, up 9 percentage points from 2009.-- excerpt, rest at link above --