Yes Rivka maybe it gets a little much but you live in a country where the majority of the population is Christian. You have to just ignore it and live and let live.
But you can also try embracing some of the beauty and meaning of Christmas without celebrating Christmas. I'm 50 when I was a young teenager we moved to New Jersey from Virginia which was my first exposure to the Jewish faith. My father had a business associate who had a Holiday party. Sitting beautifully displayed was what one might at first think was a Christmas Tree. However on closer inspection there was a beautifully made sign declaring it to be a Hanukkah Bush. When my father questioned him about it he said he enjoyed the beauty of what was called a Christmas tree. Since his children were little he (despite his family's objections) had Santa "visit" them. He didn't feel the myth of Santa was religious and that it was such a joyous thing for children. So from well before Hanukkah till after Christmas he displayed his Bush, his Mennorah (sp) and celebrated the beliefs of his religion and the joy of childhood.
I think many people including myself would do well to follow his example and embrace the joy and diversity in all of us.
