and one of his friends came up to him and wants to celebrate that holiday , '' Fullmer said , pleased that his son 's peers helped him reaffirm his identity . Navigating the Christmas season can be a challenge for the millions of people who do n't celebrate the holiday . Many acknowledge and sometime embrace the season 's customs , such as gift-giving and sending out greeting cards , while at the same time they are conscious of maintaining their own religious identities . `` They strongly try to maintain their own integrity , but they really want to find bridges across holidays , '' said the Rev. Dr. Paul Numrich , a professor at the Theological Consortium of Greater Columbus in Ohio . `` I think that 's the majority . '' L.S. Narasimhan , chairman of the Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce , is a Hindu and does n't celebrate Christmas . But he said he admires the Christian celebrations of his friends and has attended Christmas Eve services at several churches . `` Hindus are typically more open-minded and tolerant . Hinduism is very comfortable in accommodating a diversity of ideas , '' he said
Atlanta , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As Christmas season went into full swing this year , Glen Fullmer 's 7-year-old son came home from school with an assignment : Make a poster illustrating his family holiday traditions . The boy was n't sure how to proceed because he and his family are Baha'is , not Christians , and they have no holidays during the Christmas season . Thus , Fullmer encountered the `` December Dilemma '' -- the term used for the quandaries and anxieties non-Christians and interfaith couples face during Christmas season . Fullmer , a Baha'i faith spokesman who lives in Evanston , Illinois , said he saw the poster assignment as a `` teachable moment '' for his 4 - , 7 - and 10-year-old sons who associated holiday traditions with Christmas . He reminded his boys that Baha'is have a gift-giving and charity period in February called Ayyam-i-Ha , a stretch of time not unlike the Christmas season . And he helped his son design the poster about that holiday , which precedes a fasting period and then the Baha'i New Year in March . `` His classmates asked him questions about the holiday ,