Just scrounging around, digging and came up with this.
Hope its helpful to someones research/digging
I stopped Celebrating Xmas, Ishtar (Easter), Halloween (Sanhain, All saints day) or even mardi gras. All are various celebrations of Christ-mass. Easter is worship of the fertility goddess.
I only celebrate my anniversary with my wife.
Seems this may be a distraction to make Macron look strong in the media. How many weekends of yellow vest riots now?