Do other religions have this?

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I have been pondering this since Easter. Christmas and Easter, both Christian celebrations, both have turned into things where something else is celebrated possibly more than the actual thing it represented in the first place.

That is Christmas has turned from the birth of Christ into being all about Santa, presents and elf on the bloody shelf. If you asked kids what Christmas was about how many would mention Santa before Jesus?

Then Easter and the Easter bunny and Easter eggs. I get that the egg represents the stone rolling away but it wasn't a chocolate stone and chocolate seems to be more of a focus now.

My question: does this happen in other religions too?

Speaking as an atheist here with both Catholic and Protestant family, and aware that possibly if I was in different circles kids might have different answers.

Interesting question which I can’t answer, so will bump for you!

Going by the amazing evening buffet my local Indian restaurant puts on (in non-pandemic times), I have the impression Ramadan is about eating as much as it is about fasting.

Christmas was a Pagan festival first, celebrating the Winter solstice so it's not surprising it's evolving again, the "Santa" tradition is from cultures all over the world. Likewise "Easter" eggs come from the Pagan goddess Ostara first (long story short turned a bird into a hare which responded by laying eggs, was allowed to do so once a year at this time) so that's why the chocolate eggs, which was again evolved (or appropriated) into Christian tradition, so unsurprisingly as the popularity of Christian organised religion wanes into a more secular or diverse society the "traditions" move on

There is a religious aspect and a non religious aspect to these days: rememberance of the birth of Jesus as the 'bringer of light' set at a date when the year turns and people generally celebrated their survival through winter and the hare and egg because that's what you saw when food started to grow again = resurrection.
You practically have several reasons to celebrate rolled into one and people can choose what fits their life style and / or believe system.