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There's an interesting article in the Daily Press about the history of the acceptance of Christmas. Its basic thrust is that Christmas wasn't widely practiced until it became secularized enough for people to voluntarily celebrate it as a family, and then it became an accepted holiday by popular demand. (The viewpoint is fairly US-centric).
The article mentions a historical book, Christmas: A Candid History, which sounds interesting and I'll have to pick up sometime.