@John5097
I think your porch looks lovely. I have given up on poinsettias though. I find it depressing how quickly they die!
When my family first moved to the UK, we didn't celebrate Christmas. My brother and I were still toddlers so I don't really remember what we did on Christmas the first couple of years. However, once we started school, my parents decided we would celebrate Christmas even though it didn't represent their tradition/beliefs, because they felt that we as young children were missing out.
We have celebrated it ever since and I remember my mother getting very upset when I was 19 and turned up late (and already well fed) because I'd had a Xmas lunch with my boyfriend and flatmates.
When I was about 13, I asked my mother to write a letter to my school to tell them I didn't want to go to assembly and sing hymns and pray, nor go to chapel, because I wasn't Christian. She agreed, but told me, "It's good to learn about other people's religions." I realise now she was right. No one should be forced to celebrate Christmas, or any other religious festival, but then no one should be forced not to celebrate it either.