Do Christians give gifts at our Eid?
At Eid I didn't get one Eid card or "Happy Eid" from my Non-Muslim friends and colleagues even though all of them knew it was our "Christmas".
I gave lots of Christmas cards to my "Christian" friends and colleagues and I got lots back but I would have prefered cards back at Eid instead because I don't celebrate Christmas.
I respect Christmas and the Christian faith and I say Merry Christmas and give Christmas cards to those that celebrate it but I wouldn't celebrate it myself because I'm not a Christian.
Just as I wouldn't expect a Christian to practice my faith I don't want to practice anyone elses.
Everyone has their own religious festivals and ours are the two Eids, Jews have Hanukkah, Sikhs have Vaisakhi etc. It would be impractical to celebrate every festival in the world.
I would rather have my roast Turkey dinner at Eid (yes we have added it to the Eid menu at our place).
It's a shame that a lot of Muslim children in the West celebrate Christmas with more passion than their own Eid, that's the fault of their parents who don't make Eid merry enough, in Pakistan or Egypt we can take our religion for granted, in Muslim countries the Bazaars are lit with lamps and the streets come to life with color at Eid.. But over here Eid is just another day unless we make it special, we should give Eid cards and gifts, decorate our houses with lights/Islamic-designs/tinsel/flowers, cook food that the kids will actually enjoy (ABCD kids don't want sawaiyaan or laddu, they want chocolate gatteau), organise something for the kids like a fair or a game at Muslim cummunity center etc.
A lot of parents don't bother instilling a strong sense of identity in their kids and then the kids grow up confused, detached from their identity and even ashamed with an inferiority complex.