i am a complete scrooge about our commercial christmas... it no longer means anything in america except buy, buy, buy... Christmas was originally about Christ, hence the name, but how do you celebrate Christ??? so we got the "christmas spirit" and family time... i think that christmas should be first about the family coming together and showing their love and appreciation for each other, mainly the children and the older family. but it should also be a time when people realize that we are all people with the same problems, just different names and addresses, and treat others as such. if it was only like this i wouldnt mind how early people start getting into the "christmas spirit", we should be like that all the time anyway; but instead media forces buying/spending down your throat, to the point that people now seem to believe that you have to buy a ton of gifts for your children or you dont love them....
it does put alot of pressure on the working class; as most of us barely make enough just to pay the damn bills... when christmas comes around, for alot of people (including myself now) it means getting a second job, side work, or SERIOUS budgeting/spending cuts to pull off being able to buy presents for your children...