With less than two weeks to go till the day itself, we are certainly reaching the climax of the current festivities; wherein the bells are jingling, people are singing, and lights in the neighborhood streets are flickering.

Question arises: that for a Muslim living in the west, what is wrong with observing -through imitation if not celebration- of it for the happiness of the children?

The answer is simple: If we merely want to imitate, it is well worth understanding “what it is” we intend to imitate.