Is Christmas too commercialised?
By snowflake5
@snowflake5 (1579)
United States
December 9, 2006 7:19am CST
The Christmas season seems to start earlier and earlier every year. I actually had someone ask me what I wanted for Christmas in November!
When I was a child, the Christmas excitement didn't start till the week before Christmas, when we put up the tree and scrambled to get pressies. The tree came down on Jan 6th. It made the Christmas season 3 weeks long.
Extending it to six or nine weeks seems to spoil it. If you have too much of a good thing, the specialness of it wears off, and it becomes ordinary. This extension seems to be mainly commercial, because people want to sell things.
What does everyone else think?
2 responses
@Poison_Girl (4150)
• United States
17 Feb 07
I don't know about your friend, but I like to get my Christmas shopping done early. If I get it done early, I don't have to worry about it or scramble to get things I forgot at the last minute. And I HATE crowds, so fighting them is never something I wanna do and to avoid them, I get my shopping done early and/or do it online. Maybe your friend just wanted to get started on his/her shopping early?
@Poison_Girl (4150)
• United States
18 Feb 07
I guess I just don't see starting to buy the gifts early as starting the season early. To me, it's just a sensible thing to do. *shrug* Christmas doesn't really start for me until the tree's up. And if I waited 'til two weeks before Christmas to do my shopping online, I'd be stressing over whether or not it'd arrive in time. Maybe it's just me...
@snowflake5 (1579)
• United States
18 Feb 07
I did my shopping online too, but I did it two weeks before Christmas. I really can't see the sense in extending the Christmas season for months - it starts in November and goes on till 6th Jan. That's too long. Smaller holiday seasons are more special.
@trouble4u2avoid (2915)
• United States
16 Feb 07
LOL, this question is a little out of season, but I thought it would still be fun to answer. LOL I always loved and enjoyed Christmas until I started working in the retail industry. I am not sure what happened but it seemed like we are always so far ahead of the actual holiday that but the time the holiday was here, I was so OVER it. Since my daughter was born in 11/2004, I have actually started to enjoy the holidays again.
@snowflake5 (1579)
• United States
17 Feb 07
It has become a commericial "event" rather than a family holiday. The problem with extending the season so long is that people get bored. You always look forward to the short special holidays, rather than the ones that go on forever.
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@trouble4u2avoid (2915)
• United States
17 Feb 07
Yeah, I think Easter has been in the stores a few weeks already. It's just crazy. By the time Easter gets here my 2 year old daughter will be sick of bunnies and eggs. But I definitely won't be sick of Cadbury eggs, LOL
