Nov 25 2011

External Blog: The Christmas Debate

Published by at 2:06 am under Uncategorized

Source: http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/canada/2008/Canadian-Christmas-Shoppers.html

Commercialization of Christmas is brought up every year around this time: is the “true meaning of Christmas” getting lost in the materialism?

Megan, a freelance writer, discussed one dimension of this issue in her blog Writing Out Loud . Her post “Cutting costs: the Christmas edition,” quite self-explanatory in its title, reminds us of the financial reality and consequence of Christmas commericalism, and her way of dealing with it.

Even though some costumers feel like Christmas is just another excuse for stores to advertise, most stores, somehow, marketed the themes of “a traditional Christmas” and “the season of giving.” While everything from clothes to electronics to gift wrappers seem to go on sale during Christmas, those products are linked to the theme of “giving” because they are meant to be presents.

Megan’s blog post offers a rational approach: treat this discontent toward Christmas shopping like it really is: money trouble. Most people would probably have a happier holiday if they are not drowning in credit card bills. No one was forced to buy those expensive, impersonal, mass-produced products (and then gift them to oneself). Consumers have the choice to economize and make Christmas a personal experience, like Megan is planning.

(Image reference: http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/canada/2008/Canadian-Christmas-Shoppers.html)

 

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