Over the course of the nineteenth century, Christmas advanced to become the middle-class family holiday. In National Socialism the Christian content of the holiday was substituted by the Teutonic "Christmas of the Volk." In the postwar period, the different world views in East and West influenced the way the holiday was celebrated. In socialism the religious meaning of the festival receded into the background, while people in the West plunged into the rush of Christmas shopping with increasing prosperity.