[mlmr]

I see your point, but Christmas survived rather well in places with very little consumerism (e.g., Poland during Soviet occupation).

I agree. But this is just the opposite. The Poles did not have the consumerism to push out Christmas. Here Christmas is not competing in the marketplace of ideas and products.

[lds23]

The Poles did not have the consumerism to push out Christmas

Worse, they had severe repression pushing Statism on them.

Truth be told, their stolid Catholicism gave them strength to eventually topple the juggernaut. Do we here in America have as much faith?