CHRISTMAS ROUND CORNERS

The commercialization of Christmas did not occur in a social vacuum. Without reluctance, consumerism exploits religious beliefs and deep emotions to persuade people to buy. Using Christmas as a religion-sanctioned occasion for extravagant spending.


While it may be good for the economy in the short run, commercialized Christmas also has its costs. Extravagant Christmas spending means fewer dollars available for addressing critical social and environmental problems. And the loss is more than dollars.

The sense of exploitation that many feel at Christmas, the depression that comes when Christmas does not deliver the happiness popular hype promises, and the guilt from being willing participants in a religious fraud, all rob Christmas of its power to renew the human spirit.


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