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Christmas  

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  • From the point of view of consumer culture, Christmas has become the key ritual celebrating consumption. This ritual takes place not only within the Christian world, but is increasingly enacted in Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and Buddhist cultures as well. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Christmas]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Christmas

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