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From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker wryly observes that, judged purely as business, Christmas is so profitable that the economy would have to create it if it did not already exist. The remark treats the holiday as a commercial engine, with a dry, mildly critical edge.
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