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by monsieurbanana 2738 days ago
They are one and the same.
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They overlap a lot in the West especially, but they're very different phenomena. Look at Japan, where Christmas is hugely popular, Jesus is nowhere to be seen, and a poll of schoolchildren a few years back showed that most of them thought the holiday was about celebrating the birth of Santa Claus.