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This is a hypothetical I came up with earlier, but do you think it is possible that in a US that became socialist/communist in the early 1900s (the details aren't really important to this), could somehow convert Christmas and specifically Santa into some "Socialist Holiday"? This is about the time that modern Santa came around largely due to ads from companies like Coke. And Santa, with giving out toys for free to the masses, seems like it could pretty easily be hijacked by American socialists if it was early enough on and separated from the more religious elements of Christmas. Did OTL communist nations do anything like this with holidays or cultural events?
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