Uruguayans officially celebrate Family Day instead of Christmas

For just over a century now, Christmas, this day so celebrated in many parts of the world, was removed from the festive calendar of Uruguay, the only country in Latin America that does not commemorate the birth of Jesus. In 1917, Uruguayan President José Batlle and Ordognez decreed December 25 as Family Day, from a concept of their secular government plan, which highlighted family systems as cores of society, rather than a link with any religion…