Christmas has already reared it's
commercial head- and first did so many many weeks ago. Thanksgiving is now just melting into the
cheap fabric of Christmas and becoming one big smorgasborg of shopping,
eating, and working working working(to pay for more shopping and eating why of course!)
I love certain things ABOUT Christmas and at the last minute, I always
get a little into the "spirit"...but it just seems like Christmas is now
this huge money hungry monster wrapped in tinsel and priced to sell.
It seems as though the real meaning has been drown in a pool of ribbons and
wrappings, receipts and tape.. eggnog and lights...
where is the REAL meaning?
2006-11-26 15:39:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Exactly how i feel. Everywhere i go People ask me what i want. Last year i was all into the gifts but it seems in the last year i just value having my family together more than any gift. I am tired of hearing about presents. I just decided to tell my family to give the money for my presents to a charity.
2006-11-26 15:47:49 · answer #1 · answered by llllllllll 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know exactly how you feel. I spent six years working in retail and after seeing Christmas displays set up before Halloween I started getting a little fed up. By the time the holiday actually got here I was just ready to get it over with. I now have children though and my thoughts have changed. I love the holidays. My children have brought such joy. I will be the first to admit though that I do not shop the day after Thanksgiving or the day before Christmas!
2006-11-26 17:54:18 · answer #2 · answered by Stephanie W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I hear you. Everything is commericalized. I saw a plastic Santa statue two days before Thanksgiving and I actually got miffed. It was sitting there sublimonally reminding people that they only have only so many days to "buy, Buy, BUY!".
Santa Clause himself has been turned into a politically correct, shallow front for the retail business. He's been kidnapped as the mascot for commerical "X"mas. It's sad to think that a religious holiday, set aside for the birth of the Messiah, has been twisted into this.
But when it comes right down to it, Christmas is what you make of it. A lot of people fall for the advertising and believe that people will think that they are cheap and uncaring. Bullchips, we all know what Christmas is about. But others are in for it for the profit And that makes a lot of people bitter. I actually know some people how converted because they couldn't stand it anymore.
But I try to keep my Christmas simple and traditional. All my friends get home-decorated candles. And I cook some food. The idea is to show you care about a person, not show off.
2006-11-26 16:08:33 · answer #3 · answered by Shiomi Ryuu 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i totally agree, i was in such a bad mood about christmas, this was even before thanksgiving. i have no money this year and i hate to say it but presents is what xmas is all about, for most people. but after being with my whole family over thanksgiving i realized that it doesn't matter if i can't buy the presents that i want but that being together is all that matters. and i know that isn't the meaning of xmas either, but i think that is better than buying presents and spending hundreds/thousands of dollars on meaningless presents. i'm in a better mood about xmas now and i even pulled out some xmas music.
2006-11-26 15:50:58 · answer #4 · answered by marie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, thanksgiving was alright, mostly family and friends, small quiet dinner, but i did walk away from it with a new pair of jeans. Capitalism is what we are, it lives in the fibers of our clothes. The holidays are just an excuse to shop. The only real meaning i see in Christmas is that hour or two, or a moment for some, that one is just able to relax and breathe the crisp winter air. (unless you are in Florida, in which case, there's still shopping and cheap comfort foods to console you:)
2006-11-26 17:59:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a shame what Christmas has turned into. Commercial and expensive! The meaning to me is giving and I am not talking about gifts or money, I am talking about giving yourself. Vollenteer every where. Soup kitchens, visit children and elderly in hospital, just being not so selfish all the time. Of course not just this time of year but for me making this holiday season worth while my 10yr old and I give, make others a bit happier, do what ever it takes to help others.
2006-11-26 15:52:02 · answer #6 · answered by Casper 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I remember when I was a kid, everybody started getting ready for Christmas the first weekend of December. I noticed this year that stores were getting ready before Halloween. Yes, I have BAH HUMBUG too. Every year people are trying to rush the holiday.
2006-11-26 15:49:07 · answer #7 · answered by kim_in_craig 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
agree totally. worked as a manager in a retail store and the district manager ( bless his heart ) left the date for Christmas decorating to individual store managers. I refused to allow any Christmas decorations to be put up until after the Thanksgiving Day weekend. many customers came and thanked us for waiting as they were so tired of the Christmas hype. we never lost business and actually gained by this attitude.
2006-11-27 04:14:30 · answer #8 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite thing about the holidays is the constant MUSAC playing in the background. If you work retail or in public areas, you hear the same 20 Christmas songs over and over again.
By the time Christmas comes I'm already sick of it.
2006-11-26 15:55:36 · answer #9 · answered by franktowers 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lol.One of the reasons why I converted to Wicca 15 years ago is because we DO celebrate the real meaning of the holiday season. If you're curious, look up Yule or Winter Solstice.
2006-11-26 15:46:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋