Is it time to knock Christmas on the head?

Question

I mean its so commercial, too expensive.

Answer 1

Santa is already dead. Check out the link below. I laughed harder than I've ever laughed before when I saw that photo. It's cruel, but really funny.

Answer 2

I think Christmas is more about the spirit, childhood memories, the things which are tradition, because there are so few traditions these days that are about family and matter. It's the excuse my family uses to get together.
On the other hand, my friend did point out that if you're only willing to see one another at Christmas, maybe you're family isn't that tight.
I still like it. I don't do a lot of the commercial stuff either though, and we eat fish, not turkey.
So the commercial and expensive part should be knocked on the head.

Answer 3

Ban the commercialism aspect!
If this is ever achieved then prepared to cover your head from the flying pigs.
By this time all forms of cancer will have cures.
The USA will have a president without an ulterior motive.
By this time all illegal Mexicans in America are back in Mexico and living well since their government had a complete economic overhaul and Americans will be trying to sneak south across the desert to find jobs there.
Americans will not have a need for dieting since all fast food and other nutritionally detrimental foods are abolished, therefore unavailable.
Traffic accidents are at an all time low since aggressive drivers are nearly extinct due to the overwhelming public ridicule of these types.

Imagine.

Answer 4

I think the commercial aspect of Christmas needs to be boycotted, not in a bah humbug way as we can all still enjoy the season and it doesn't have to be about families getting together(some just end up arguing over the tensions that it all brings to the table). It's a very lonely time for some as it brings high expectations and introspection and holds up family & relationship ideals that may not be everybodys reality.
Enjoy it if you can but don't get sucked into the image of "how it should be" and what you "should be doing".

Answer 5

God no... why would you say that? It's as commercial and expensive as you want to make it.

Every Christmas that I've spent has been with my parents and rest of my family in the Cotswolds here in the UK, its not about expensive gifts and gestures, simply a time when we can all be together for a few days without the distractions of work and other things. Midnight Mass is the only time I step inside a church and it's only because we are all too afraid of our mother to refuse. I'm not religious however, I just treat the occassion as family time.

I love Christmas.

Answer 6

It's not the holiday that needs the knock it's the people who bank on it. The IDEA of Christmas is to clelebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and that has gotten lost in the commercialization of it just like at Easter. Six foot trees and lights and snowmen have absolutely nothing to do with Jesus. No one will ever change the thinking of the money makers. You can choose not to fall into the line and be like everybody else.

Answer 7

Christmas was an amalgamation of pagan and Roman festivals which the Christian church hijacked for their own ends.

It would be nice if the Christians would stop trying to claim it as their own though - let them celebrate in March or whenever the nativity actually dates to!!!

But what ever it celebrates, it does allow all religions and non religious people alike to celebrate. That has to be a big plus in the world today.

The problems you describe come down to weak parenting and excesses. If the parents controlled the excesses the traders would not be able to sell the goods.

So lets keep Christmas and promote it as the season of goodwill.

Answer 8

I think so, I now use Xmas as a family thing, it's the only time that we are all off together, so the family get together and give little gifts just to show that we do actually appreciate each other no matter how much we shout at each other throughout the year.

That way it's not too expensive for me or my friends, as they know not to get me anything.

Unfortunately the Retail industry would never let us get rid of Xmas as too many people are sucked in by it.

Answer 9

No...
We need a holiday in the "Silly Season" (to brighten up Winter), it might as well be called Christmas - as whether people like it or not it is part of our history...

Use it as a way of bringing family and friends together. Do not spend shed-loads of money on presents, food, other festive excess, and don't get rotten drunk...

The Problem with language is that the WORD can be misquoted so damn easily. For example:

The popular comment: Christmas is For Giving.
originally read: Christmas is Forgiving

sound similar - totally different meaning...

Answer 10

I wouldn't. But I agree it's too commercial.

As a matter of interest, Jesus was probably born in the autumn months or even late summer. Christmas is actually an adaptation of a Roman winter festival that had nothing to do with Christ.

I celebrate Jesus every day.

Answer 11

It's only expensive and commercial if you let it be. There are too many expectations these days - both in terms of the 'perfect' christmas dinner and in terms of presents. And it makes me laugh that the real reason for christmas (the birth of Jesus - who I don't care for personally) goes right out of the window in a frenzy of spending and greed.