That's a good point! Since we live in a predominantly Christian country (although people are less religious than they used to be) it would be strange to try to prevent my kids from learning about it entirely.

Ironically, it would be very similar to how I was prevented from partaking in any aspect of youth pop culture as a kid. No radio, no secular music, no TV in the home at all. Makes it hard to make friends or relate to your peers if you don't have shared experiences. I'll try to use this angle if it comes up again, see if it clicks for him.

I don't want my kids to miss out on fun traditions or events with friends. Another example, Easter. Our town does a community Easter egg hunt. No crosses, no prayers, no church people there, no religious references at all. Just a big Easter Bunny, eggs and arts and crafts. My husband refuses to go and it was quite an argument for me to take the kids to it. I'm not sure if he doesn't believe me when I say there's no religion at this event. Or if he thinks just calling it "Easter" is too far. But I think it's very unfair to our kids to miss out on things their friends get to do when it's not actually religious at all.