Why don't we make other holidays as big a deal as we do Christmas?

I mean aside from (maybe) 4th of July or Halloween other holidays come and go. What would happen if we had entire radio stations just playing Easter music? How come St. Patrick’s day doesn’t have parades and such deep rooted traditions? There seem to be only a few holidays that we go overboard with, Christmas definately being one.

I’m not saying I don’t like the holiday, I love when I can play xmas music—and study for finals for days on end- but I don’t even get the day off of classes for veteran’s day.