That's one thing our Ask-the-Rabbi team here at Chabad.org repeat over and over: Torah has a message for everyone, but it's not that you have to be Jewish. Torah comes to shine light on everything in the world, to show you what is wise and meaningful there, so that you can discard the husk and enjoy the fruit. Torah provides basic laws of monotheism and human dignity for all humankind, so that we can all live together in the same playing field. But then it says, now go out and be who you are. Look in your own backyard, there are plenty of truths, all you need to do is throw out the junk to find them, and then to cherish them.
So find what unique truths there are about you, your family and your heritage. Use the Torah, G_d's message to all humankind, to find them. Then celebrate them.
full article:
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/797118/jewish/Can-I-light-a-menorah-next-to-my-Xmas-tree.htm
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