[untog]

No, but he is directly associated with a (or the) major Christian holiday.

[bdcravens]

Is it possible to celebrate Santa and the holiday with no attachment to religion? Sure, we do it with Valentine's day and St. Patrick.

[vezzy-fnord]

Of course it is. In fact, some of the hard evangelicals usually scoff at Christmas because of its pagan origins and syncretism.

There actually have been Wars on Christmas... waged by Christians themselves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_Puritan_New_Engla...

[Grue3]

Yes, just call him Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) like we do in Russia. No religious connotations at all!