THE OVER-COMMERCIALIZATION OF CHRISTMAS

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From wrapping paper to home decorations, Christmas trees, food, gift sets and beyond, what originated as a meaningful religious holiday has taken on major commercial significance. Christmas is one of the most expensive times of year, and therefore the most profitable for the businesses we give our money to, the ones that slyly take advantage of us and use this holiday of togetherness and love to advertise their products in a sugar-coated way. Although Christmas is still a fun and happy celebration to me, I think that Christmas now generally seems to be mainly about presents and has lost it's true meaning because of this.

This year I was seeing Christmas products and Christmas themed window displays in October, TWO WHOLE MONTHS before Christmas, before Halloween had even occurred; in my opinion, this is way too early to celebrate and promote Christmas, making the build-up to Christmas too long and eventually just boring. What do you think?

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