do you believe christmas has become to commerciallized?
i mean there are commercials of children notbeing happy with they're presents. and throwing them off a CLIFFFF WTF
ok.isn't christmas about Jesus Christ's birth.........
2007-12-13 12:46:27 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
It would be much better if it were much more simple. It is way too commercial. And the way we go about buying presents for people is awful. It shouldn't be a time of being stressed out to get the "right" gift for everyone. We tend to leave our hearts out of the search due to the demands, especially of what we have allowed children to make upon us.
Even I have not thought much about the fact that it is a celebration of the birth of Jesus! And I am fortunate enough to have all the time I wish to shop for anyone and everyone I want to give gifts to. I like to go to the stores, listen to Christmas music, all that. But haven't really given much thought to the spiritual aspect of it all. One thing I do try to do though is to be thoughtful of people who might be a bit overstressed and allow for their impatience, irritiblity, and such at times. I am also an even more careful driver during the season.
2007-12-13 12:48:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Commercialized? Nah. I mean, the people dressed up as elves singing "Deck the Halls" while putting candy canes on trees and carrying presents while at the end advertising zit cream has nothing to do with commercializing.
Obviously, Christmas is not all about the birth of Jesus, since people outside of those religions do celebrate it (I'm not an athiest, but for some reason I hate tying things to religion). I myself don't know where it originated, but it has lost all sense and meaning. Christmas and "Super Holiday Savings at Honda Dealerships" don't mix.
2007-12-13 20:51:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course Christmas has become commercialized...
but for people... and families... I really think people need to individually decide what Christmas means to them.
Kids are always going to go through that phase of counting how many presents are for them. But once they reach an older more mature age, they'll start to appreciate things more.
I mean for me, I think Christmas can be about the birth of Jesus Christ or it can be about love, bringing families and friends together and being thankful for everything we have.
And that's the true spirit of Christmas! I don't think television ads reflect our ideas of what Christmas is all about... they're just makin money....
2007-12-13 20:56:16 · answer #3 · answered by Nik 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the problem is not that christmas is to commercial but that our entire culture is is. The joy of christmas is in the abundance of things that are usually scarce, toys, candy and even smiles. the cause of the dissatisfaction is that everything is so abundant all year long.
Christmas is (or at least should be) about relaxing and enjoying ourselves. Not obsessing about commercialism.
Also, there was christmas before christianity (it's called yule, though i expect it goes back farther). Plus, not even the bible says that Christ was born on christmas (assuming he was, in fact born at all - myths about a virgin birth, self sacrificement then reserection in ancient egyptian mythology outdate the old testament).
2007-12-13 21:10:52 · answer #4 · answered by Madeleine 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas seems to be slowly withering away. Less and less Christmas lights, Christmas music, and "Holiday Cheer" if you will. It's not even "politically correct" to say merry Christmas anymore.. you have to say "Happy Holidays" or some such nonsense because it offends the sensabilites of some religion that I know nothing about. But what can you do.. just roll with the punches I guess.
Merry Chrstmas
2007-12-13 20:56:57 · answer #5 · answered by Kristian K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is about Christ first, and remembering him. Secondary to that, as a show of your love of Christ (if you consider yourself Christian) by doing something positive for someone else. I'm donating stuff to charity this year. Thirdly is family, by blood or by choice. In my "family", presents aren't the most important thing. Heck, we're all broke anyway! Seriously, Christmas is WAAAY over-commercialized. I think it's kinda like sticking God the finger, in all honesty.
2007-12-13 20:52:47 · answer #6 · answered by Jessica B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My kids like Christmas itself, not just presents. They get to decorate the tree, they get to meet santa, eat mrs. Clause's cookies, have fun horse rides, they help decorate and make christmas cards, and they love to give me and their dad presents, something they usually make or save up for and it's always something useful not frivolous. So in my family it's not commercialized, they know the true value of being together for christmas, love, warmth and family. As for other famililies, hey, if they're happy, they make christmas how they see fit for themselves, if it's blowing a bunch of money and they're happy, more power to them.
2007-12-13 20:53:55 · answer #7 · answered by moosies 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that it has become far too commercialized. Not only do people expect far too much sometimes, but we also spend far too much money buying people things they don't need. Whether Christmas is about the birth of Jesus or the older celebration of the winter solstice, it has lost much of its meaning to commercialism.
2007-12-13 20:50:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it has become very commerciallized but that what people made of it my son is eight months old and he will know that christmas is about Jesus and not just presents a time of giving not recieving
2007-12-13 20:50:20 · answer #9 · answered by playergirljustice 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, of course Christmas is way to commercialized. But it is up to me, to teach my child that is is not about gifts, but about family, and the deeper meaning, of Christ's birth.
2007-12-13 21:04:44 · answer #10 · answered by gogirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋