So, I'm trying to catch up with all the new episodes and I watched this one a couple of minutes ago.
The episode started out alright, christmas cheering and happiness, the usual stuff.
Then, appearance: Starlight stating "I was thinking I might just skip it. [...] I just find it all a little silly".
Now that got me excited. I was thinking that they decided to make an episode teaching kids that some people (like non-christians) don't necessarily partake in those kind of holiday. After some exchanges between Twily and Starlight, she decides to read a story to her pupil.
A few seconds in I realized it was a classic "Charles Dickens: A christmal carol" and thought "Hey, why not, everyone does that!". After some decent singing and the well known storyline, the grand finale took me aback. Apparently, who ever was in charge of the episode thought it was a good idea to finish with the Aesop "You whole country will be doomed if not for this holiday / custom, so you better participate".
Now, this is something I certainly don't agree with. After that, I had little hope left that Starlight, who at least voiced some scepsis wouldn't take the bait. I was let down, the episode finished with her participating without any further internal or external conflict nor reasoning.
The whole episode, at least in my humble opinion states that you should do what everyone else does and is not a lesson in acceptance and all those other important things.
Please correct me if you see any error in my reasoning, but this is how I experienced this episode and I'm quite sad about that development.
PS: Discussions, corrections and constructive critique are more than welcome :-P