Jauntie you said it yourself..... "Historically" and thank god it is so, other wise we would have been still living in the age where women were burnt on stakes for church hocus pocus and innocent queens beheaded for adultery accusations. As for these religious feasts, whether Christian or Islamic, they are increasingly loosing their hardcore content and turning into feasts for everyone, my Christian friends indulge in the meals of Ramadan and smoking "shesha" while I light up a Christmas tree every year....which make it a holiday for everyone...It is only a matter of time till we get post all this religious dogma, and no one can reverse that….thanks to god!