I love the idea of Christmas, that is a midwinter festival that involves community, family, food, and colourful lights to brighten up those long December nights. I love that it has the power to bring people together even in the darkest of times (I learned about the Christmas truce of WW1 at a very impressionable age). I love giving someone a thoughtful gift and seeing them light up with joy. I’m even a sucker for going to church and singing Christmas hymns and reading the story of Christ’s birth even though I’m not religious.
I detest that it is an orgy of consumerism. I detest that it’s just another empty vessel to sell crap. I detest that for two months there’s never ending pressure to buy this or that, the advertising pressure that it’s not Christmas without buying a bunch of garbage that nobody cares about.
I still come out on the side of loving Christmas but it’s in spite of its modern incarnation, not because of it. I absolutely understand people who hate Christmas, it’s been hollowed out and transformed into just another capitalist festival of consumption
Some retail businesses make almost all of their sales in the Christmas season. With how harsh the long recession has been, I think this year is going to be especially pushy and consumeristic and despite all that advertising the money is just not there to buy. One big sigh and waste
I’m conflicted about Christmas.
I love the idea of Christmas, that is a midwinter festival that involves community, family, food, and colourful lights to brighten up those long December nights. I love that it has the power to bring people together even in the darkest of times (I learned about the Christmas truce of WW1 at a very impressionable age). I love giving someone a thoughtful gift and seeing them light up with joy. I’m even a sucker for going to church and singing Christmas hymns and reading the story of Christ’s birth even though I’m not religious.
I detest that it is an orgy of consumerism. I detest that it’s just another empty vessel to sell crap. I detest that for two months there’s never ending pressure to buy this or that, the advertising pressure that it’s not Christmas without buying a bunch of garbage that nobody cares about.
I still come out on the side of loving Christmas but it’s in spite of its modern incarnation, not because of it. I absolutely understand people who hate Christmas, it’s been hollowed out and transformed into just another capitalist festival of consumption
Some retail businesses make almost all of their sales in the Christmas season. With how harsh the long recession has been, I think this year is going to be especially pushy and consumeristic and despite all that advertising the money is just not there to buy. One big sigh and waste