Christmas

How Christmas Conquered the World

"Growing up, we had an ugly Christmas sweater day at school, and every year I'd force my mom ⁠— my little Muslim mom ⁠— to take me to Walmart or something and buy one. And she was like, ‘This is such a waste of money’ because I don't celebrate it and it's ugly ⁠— but I'd have to; I'd have to do it every year."