That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown,” Linus announced after quoting Luke 2:8-14 in the 1965 animated classic A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Many young adults in the U.S. today would disagree, according to a recent poll from Pew Research Center. Nearly half (44 percent) of millennials say they plan to celebrate Christmas as more of a cultural holiday than a religious one.

Older generations are less likely to say their Christmas celebration is nonreligious, with 33 percent of Generation Xers, 27 percent of baby boomers, and 17 percent of those born in 1945 or earlier falling into that category.

Nearly half of millennials say they plan to celebrate Christmas as more of a cultural holiday than a religious one.

Nearly 7 in 10 (68 percent) of the unaffiliated, or religious “nones,” say their Christmas will be more cultural than religious, as do 56 percent of Americans who seldom or never attend church.

Approximately one-fifth (22 percent) of self-identifying Christians and 11 percent of weekly churchgoers will leave Christ out of Christmas this season. Some 32 percent of Americans who attend church infrequently (monthly or yearly) are skipping the religious aspects of the holiday.

About half of Americans won’t attend Christmas church services. Among the non-attenders are 60 percent of Americans aged 18 to 29; half of those 30 to 49; 42 percent of 50- to 64-year-olds; and 43 percent of those 65 and older.

While not everyone will gather with a congregation, about 8 in 10 American adults across all age groups will get together with friends and family for Christmas. Such gatherings provide opportunities for Christians to include the message of Christmas in their celebrations and share the good news with loved ones.

Perhaps what America most needs this Christmas is more friends like Linus.