When / how did the Christmas holiday become commercial ? Many ( not all ) people seem to be concerned how many or how fancy of a gift to receive / give. How often during the Christmas season or day is the intended focus of Christmas brought to light or spoken of ? What happened ? Honestly wondering.
2006-12-10 13:46:13 · 7 answers · asked by onelight 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
I think it happened with the creation of television.maybe before but it definetely took off when television became widespread.
2006-12-10 13:51:51 · answer #1 · answered by Mr Bellows 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parents who want to make themselves feel big by buying their kids more crap is the biggest problem with the commercialism of the holiday. Why do you think all of the TV commercials are geared toward kids?? So they'll beg for MORE MORE MORE!!
My 8 year old wants a media player AND an iPod, yet she just got an mp3 player for her birthday in August! Gee, now WHERE would she get the idea to ask for those things?
Oh, and seeing everything their friends have doesn't help either.
As for adults, I pretty much don't care what I get and I don't get my hopes up for anything (learned that one a long time ago....) I guess there are still a lot of adults who focus on just HAVING to spend a certain amount or HAVING to have certain brands and THINGS to have the 'right' Christmas, which has nothing to do with CHRISTmas at all.
I do everything I can to keep reminding my daughter what the true meaning and the REASON we even have Christmas IS. JESUS' BIRTHDAY. I also decided I'm not going all out buying her a million presents anymore after last year...(yes, I did the same thing, buying her all that junk) When I saw how little she appreciated all of the things she has and that she doesn't even play with the stuff, but always keeps asking for more...I've learned that it doesn't even matter what they have, it's just what they've learned and it's my job to teach her to appreciate what she HAS and she's getting 5 things from me total. The 'big' gift is the $24 'iDog'. I'm not spending huge amounts of money on electronics anymore. I learned my lesson. She's getting the Life game ($8), an art easel ($12), a GigaPet ($9), and a skateboard ($10). So, $63 total.
She still believes in Santa, so I still have to keep that little bit of 'magic' going for her too....thankfully they aren't keen enough to think to ask how Santa fits in with Jesus on the same night!
2006-12-10 14:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by kmodek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it's human nature to be selfish and greedy.
most of us don't do it on purpose, but anytime the thought of receiving gifts and material objects comes up, we try to exploit that as much as possible.
I will be honest, and admit that a lot of time I lose the true meaning of the season, and see it for the material aspect, but I try to keep the true spirit of it with me
2006-12-10 13:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by Liz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The media.
2006-12-10 13:52:58 · answer #4 · answered by ßαßε 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The love of money.
2006-12-10 13:48:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
businesses and media have done this to christmas .to bring up their prophet...allabout money...isent that sad?
2006-12-10 13:50:11 · answer #6 · answered by connie sue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GREED
2006-12-10 13:50:30 · answer #7 · answered by katherinekimbrough 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋