However, as humans built cities to light up the world of darkness, they stopped being afraid the night.

It was a ceremony to put the dead to rest.

Or maybe it was a way to instill a sense of dignity in the fantasies of children, if you want to put it that way.

With the fear forgotten, all that remained of this festival was just a practical exchange of gifts.

Christmas changed.

A native festival became the day of a saint, then a day of buying gifts for children, and then a reason for people to go out...

As time goes by, any given religion acquires ever more nuance, and thus more sects which aim to define its true essence.

A text-book example, huh.

It's become a day of consumption for a society that values materialism over faith in the divine.