Do you feel the Holidays have just become too commercial?
I feel so pressured to shop shop shop! I was actually feeling guilty because I didnt go shopping today! It's almost as if some one fires a starting gun as soon as the 1st store opens on Black Friday and its all just a big race to January 1st! Like its some kind of professional sporting event! UGHHH
I really dont even feel like putting up our tree this year... its all just become TOO MUCH!
There are Christmas decorations up as early as October these days! Its just CRAZY.
I make cookies for all my extended friends and family. Including long held family recipes that we only make once a year. I also hand write the gretting in my Christmas cards.
When I do decorate for the season I incorporate Chritmas, Hannuka and Kwanza decorations in our house.
What do you do to make the Holiday season special and not commercial?
2007-11-23 14:08:46 · 2 answers · asked by grapelady911 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
I agree with you. It's disgusting. My way of making the Holidays special is to spend as much time with family as possible, do things together, make those special recipes that put on a few pounds and try to block out the crass commercialism.
I'm sick of these news stories about the Holidays that say the average person spends $1800 or whatever during the 'Holiday shopping season'. It's Christmas! or Chanukkah! or Kwanzaa! It's not a shopping holiday!
2007-11-23 16:23:33 · answer #1 · answered by SusieQ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure they are BUT you have a choice. Just enjoy yours the way you like to and let the rest clutter up theirs.
2007-11-23 14:14:13 · answer #2 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋