There’s nothing overtly religious about the giant Christmas tree at Faneuil Hall Marketplace in downtown Boston. It’s got lots of lights and generic holiday ornaments. But don’t call it a ...

According to the Greeting Card Assn., a trade group, about 30% of customers choose Christmas cards with religious messages. That has been rising since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks four years ago ...

• Most adults are about as religious about Christmas as their families were in their childhood: 70% celebrated it then as a strongly or somewhat religious day, but 26% had a cultural celebration.