Back in the days of trading groups out of Taiwan, imports from China took the circuitous route from "behind the Great Wall" into most of the Western World. China was a forbidden land, a land of secrets, threatening military, stories cloaked in mystery, and above all, billions of workers who could be put to any task at the blink of an eye.
Yet, out of this dark mystery came some of the absolutely most gorgeous home decor items that the Western world had ever seen. At first, the designs and decorations had a curiously Chinese influence. The Taiwanese tried hard to introduce the Western decoration aesthetic to the Chinese production line. It is well known that traditionally Western images like Santa Claus left Chinese factories and arrived in Scotland and other areas looking like a Chinese man in a red velvet suit. This is but one example of the early days of struggling to marry up Eastern-world production with Western-world consumerism.
Today, the vast majority of Christmas Gifts and Decorations come directly out of China. There's no escaping the raw production power both in terms of raw materials, as well as manpower of China. And, due to the comparatively lower standard of living in China for the average person, what is comparatively a much lower wage, is a boon to China. In other words, people who would have no income at all to speak of, people who've lived hand to mouth for generations, suddenly have the opportunity to earn a wage. Westerners commonly feel guilty about the low wage, but there's no reason to at all. Western consumerism has dramatically increased the standard of living across all of China.
So, Deck the Halls, as they say across Scotland and every land. Doing so benefits Chinese citizens, and carries on the Western traditions of Santa and the holiday spirit.
