Catholic for the Holidays

Christmas is an interesting season, much like a full moon, for when Christmas comes about, one sees many were-Catholics.

Protestants, particularly Evangelicals, become very Catholic during the season of Advent. The following is a partial list of their 'Catholicy' traits:

Having an actual season, Advent;
Using candles, particularly on Advent Wreaths;
Putting up statues of Saints, especially Sts. Mary and Joseph;
Singing in Latin (Gloria in excelsis);
Singing to Mary (Mary Did you Know);
Attending church on a non-Sunday;

There are more I haven't listed. I've spent a lot of time thinking about this, and have yet to come up with a reason for it being Christmas. It is apparent even Evangelical Bible-Onlys cannot live without the sacramental nature of the Church, but why it breaks free so fully only durinig Christmas is beyond me. As far as I know, only the liturgical Prostestant churches do anything for Good Friday, one of the top three most important days of Christianity (probably third after Easter and Christmas - contrary to popular opinion, Easter is more important than Christmas).

Somehow Christmas still lends itself naturally to a long liturgical season. Now to convince them to do it for the other eleven months . . .