I think about this every year but this trend of American Christmas movies where characters act like Christmas is being forgotten/no one cares about it anymore/it’s dying and needs to be saved/etc while the whole country has been flooded with Christmas since Halloween really is a perfect example of how (mainly white) American Christians always see themselves as the victims and persecuted minorities no matter what.
“Nobody believes in Christmas anymore! We need to save it!” Okay well I’ve been hearing songs about Jesus in grocery stores since November 1st so forgive me for my doubt.
I’m not sure if this is more about the Hallmark “save the Christmas spirit by moving to a small town and leaving your city boyfriend for a random Christmas tree salesman” movie, or the “save Christmas by helping Santa Claus deliver presents because obviously Christmas can’t happen without Consumerism” sort of movie but either way I agree