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We also see variety shows that were popular through the 1980s having specials especially Christmas. Programs like Perry Como, Bing Crosby, the King Family, Dianna Shore, Andy Williams, and others commonly included children as Christmas is at its heart a family-oriented holiday. And there were many non-religious aspects of Christmas. In fact, This was especially the case for Christmas which has roots in ancient Roman Saturnalia -- the Roman midwinter celebration of the Solstice and the greatest of all the Roman annual holidays. And for most of history, Christmas was not nearly as important as Easter, and in some instances actually banned by religious authorities. For the Christmas specials, the children were very commonly dressed in their best clothes for the program. Looking at the programs over time we see an interesting view of fashion changes over time. Of course the children we see dressed more fashionably than the children in the average family, but we see some of the fashion trends. At the time of course it was much more common to dress up for special events, especially for Christmas. This has declined over time as the media moves away from programing with religious, especially Christmas connotations. A factor here is that America has become more diverse with other religious communities growing, especially Islam, but also Hinduism. Also to be considered, however, is that beyond theology is the impact that Christianity has had on the paralleled success of the United States. Of course this sis something the modern Legacy Media does not want to publicize just as they suppress the success of capitalism and promote socialism--despite the fact that it has failed wherever imposed on a population. While we see less religious (Christmas and Easter) programming, other holiday, especially Halloween has become more prominent. And the media also tends to even say 'Christmas'--rather he more common term is 'Holidays'
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