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A religious holiday episode which only mentions the not-overtly-religious trappings of the holiday, without the religion. Religion doesn't even crop up casually. This applies to all of the big Christian holidays.

== Newspaper Comics ==

* Semi-averted in ''[[FoxTrot]]''. Commercial aspects of both Easter and (especially) Christmas are generally predominant, but the family ''is'' occasionally shown to go to church on those days. One memorable instance after Jason exults at length about his [[Ultra Super Death Gore Fest Chainsawer 3000|new, violent video game]]: "This is what Christmas is all about. You know, besides all that other stuff."

'''Jason:''' Mom! What makes you think they're even ''open'' today?! }}

* The Christmas strips of ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' concentrate on Calvin's attempts to behave so that he gets all the presents he asked for. One strip has Calvin doubting the existence of Santa Claus, and then Hobbes asks:

'''Calvin:''' Yeah, but actually, I've got the same questions about God. }}

 

** Also [[Played With]] during the show's Passover and Hanukkah episodes: the Biblical stories are recounted, but [[God]] is never directly mentioned, even though the various miracles occur. (Non-fatally, in the Passover example--a mysterious force is going to "[[Never Say "Die"|take away]]" the firstborn.) There was a normal episode of the show based on Noah's Ark that did the same thing, claiming that Noah was just "told by the Heavens" (or something) of the coming Flood.

* On ''[[Family Guy]],'' when Lois discovers that she's Jewish and wants to put on a seder, Peter objects because it's Easter.