[He thinks for a moment]

So that must mean your world is more advanced then mine is in that sense....

[And her surprise feeds his surprise so now it's just a big ball of 'wait, what?']

I-I just thought it was all a bunch of crap that came from old religious contexts that just kept going because someone figured out how to make a quick buck off it.

[He paused and looked down rubbing his neck and chuckling awkwardly]

uh... sorry, I guess that was kind of morbid of me... I never really paid much mind to holidays...