Have you seen the seasonal Best Buy commercials for this year?
I think it a little ironic how far commercialization has come. Christmas didn't even start with a santa. Then Santa came, was used for spreading the idea of "getting" instead of giving, and now that the idea is fully implanted into our society, it seems there is no longer a need for Santa. Christmas seems to have become a holiday where you just buy stuff for the sake of buying it to give to your highly expecting and entitled children who are more pleased with tech toys and warrantees over anything you'd find in Santa's workshop.
In a future life, I think I'll prefer a tradition where there are only a few gifts, but a lot of thought behind them. Where Christmas is a holiday of appreciation and reflection, and less about "getting" more and more things. Why not even spread gift giving over the year for random holidays - birthdays of course, but what about just random things too? This isn't a fully formed idea, just a half-thought mostly. I guess the logic is, that in spreading it out, there isn't just an event that happens once a year where you save up all your wishes for that one year. Instead, it's the season, where, we give gifts that we think express our gratitude and friendship, as opposed to granting all of our wishes on a list that we've stored up all year round.
I think it a little ironic how far commercialization has come. Christmas didn't even start with a santa. Then Santa came, was used for spreading the idea of "getting" instead of giving, and now that the idea is fully implanted into our society, it seems there is no longer a need for Santa. Christmas seems to have become a holiday where you just buy stuff for the sake of buying it to give to your highly expecting and entitled children who are more pleased with tech toys and warrantees over anything you'd find in Santa's workshop.
In a future life, I think I'll prefer a tradition where there are only a few gifts, but a lot of thought behind them. Where Christmas is a holiday of appreciation and reflection, and less about "getting" more and more things. Why not even spread gift giving over the year for random holidays - birthdays of course, but what about just random things too? This isn't a fully formed idea, just a half-thought mostly. I guess the logic is, that in spreading it out, there isn't just an event that happens once a year where you save up all your wishes for that one year. Instead, it's the season, where, we give gifts that we think express our gratitude and friendship, as opposed to granting all of our wishes on a list that we've stored up all year round.
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Oh, that commercial is awful. We've really been trying to keep things simple, but it seems like there is always too much (especially when grandparents are in the mix). We've been talking, too, about doing more throughout the year. I'm liking the idea more an more.
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