In reflecting on this season of the year, I have often wondered how a Martian reporter would write a story about Christmas in the United States. If one only had the dominant cultural icons of TV, movies, news media and retail stores, my guess is that the Martian-viewing audience wouldn't have a clue as to what Christmas is about.
They might think it has something to do with snowmen or reindeer or retail store sales. And if any particular person rose to the top in the public's awareness, it would be a jolly secular guy at risk for stroke or cardiac arrest who likes to dress in red and let his beard grow.
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