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Date: 2007-12-17 04:26 am (UTC)To clarify, it's not the fact all the shops are participating that bothers me.. it's just the large corporations that often aren't necessarily putting the stuff out out of a love of Christmas but rather to make money? I guess what I mean by commercialization is that there is this sense that there is a drive to buy? I *love* present giving and I am all for people buying presents ♥ but I think that the 'buzz' around Christmas creates stress and worry for those who can't afford? And so.. often, people who are not well off (already in a lot of debt etc..) spend more than they are able to. Buying presents is a lovely tradition but it is possible to give without spending and I don't think anyone should spend because they feel expected to, especially if they can't afford it. I guess I enjoy the commercialization of it in so far as it means that the glittery-ness is even more widespread than it would otherwise be! I only dislike it when it is not a genuine love of christmas that fuels the change in the shops but greed. If Christmas is used as an excuse create a buzz so that people 'binge-spend' then I think that is a twisting of Christmas. But I really really love it when you get a sense that the people in the shop are celebratory and seem like they are doing it in a community-spirit. That is very beautiful.
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