The John Birch society

It’s not new, all of this. Way back in 1959, the John Birch Society warned America that it was under attack. A pamphlet called “There Goes Christmas?!” (note the interrobang) was distributed, including an essay by Hubert Kregeloh saying that the “Godless” United Nations was planning to take the meaning out of Christmas, so that the Communists would win. Somehow. "One of the techniques now being applied by the Reds to weaken the pillar of religion in our country is the drive to take Christ out of Christmas - to denude the event of its religious meaning", he said. In the end it turned out that the UN was not, in fact, trying to ban Christmas in American department stores, but it was worth checking.