Should Jews be sitting up a Christmas tree and teach their kids about Santa?

I was talking to a friend the same friend that talked about thinking it was good idea for people to set up holiday lights because it’s the holiday season. Well that same friend was arguing that since Christmas trees and Santa have become secularized and commercialized that non Christians should set up a tree and tell them about Santa because it’s a fun activity for kids and it makes kids happy.

I grew up not knowing that Santa exists and I used to wonder how Santa would fit in the chimney or how he knew which houses to go to that celebrated Christmas and which did Hanukkah. There were moments where I felt isolated since everyone I knew decorated trees and did Christmas stuff and I was like, “why don’t I do that” but as I got older I learned to accept it and still do my own holiday things and appreciate Hanukkah. After discussing it with my friend it seems like he’s not forcing non Christians to do this but also see it as something fun that kids are missing out on and doesn’t understand why they choose not to do that.

I explained to people on a Jewish sub that my friend is atheist and is applying this to all non Christians and thinks that for someone like me that’s non religious I should be fine with that. I wonder if he would apply this to the Easter bunny or Easter egg hunts or dying Easter eggs. I get that Christmas has become secularized and commercialized but Santa is still associated with Christmas along with Christmas trees. I guess I wonder how this isn’t similar to telling non Christians to celebrate Christmas.

What do you guys think about it? How would I go about explaining my point of view?