I would suspect it has more to do with the pagan origin of these celebrations. Though many Christian sects adopted pagan holidays, some like Jehovah's Witnesses didn't.
You can actually pick them up at walmart too. Walmart started carrying Channellock as part of their 250 billion dollar buying American manufactured products.
Looks like team red is getting another wish granted. http://professional-power-tool-guide.com/2014/05/milwaukee-work-box-coming-june-2014/?fb_source=timeline&ref=profile#_=_
When I was a kid my first job was on a neighbors ranch. Out of all the shit shoveling, cleaning stock trailers was the grossest. If any of you live near a dairy farm or stockyard then concentrate that odor. Most physically tough was logging. Running the yarder on downhill skidding was the most stressful.