I have heard some people say that Christmas has become too commercial and then they continue buying Christmas presents. I think before you start complaining about how commercial Christmas is you should consider what Christmas is. It is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ and all he did for the betterment of mankind. Now consider what the things people do on Christmas and what they have to do with Christ. The star people put on the tree obviously represents the star that shined high in the heavens to say god’s son is here. The presents we give people probably represent the gifts given to Christ as a child. But what does the tree with multi-colored lights on mean. I don’t think it has much meaning. Christmas like so many holidays has been corrupted by Pagan beliefs long before it became commercialized. I say corrupted because it’s supposed to be a Christian holiday.
Now since what we have is only part of a Christian holiday how much commercialization is too much? I think when you realize that Christmas season is getting earlier and earlier, that how commercial it is doesn’t matter. It’s like it is becoming a monster and hijacking more and more of the year yet no one seems to care. When you have stores that selling nothing but Christmas shit all year round people need to reconsider what is going on. When cities put up decorations and call themselves Christmas town, we need to check the mayors into mental institutions.
To me Christmas is about family and not so much the gifts that everyone is getting or giving. Christmas can certainly be a fun time of year. But can also be a psychotic time of year. Jim Gaffigan Talks about Christmas as being kind of backwards. “Let’s take that tree and bring in here. Let’s take the lights and put them out there.” That may not be exactly what he said but its pretty damn close. It’s a holiday where you go out to buy crap that is going to be broken in a month because the people it is bought for don’t know how to take care of it.
What about other holidays? If you’re going to complain about Christmas then what about the others, like Valentine’s day. “The patron saint of overpriced greeting cards.” –Jim Gaffigan. Some people only buy a card and then write their name in it and then give it to someone they care about. Some people buy chocolates, a big stuffed animal and then treat that significant other to an overpriced meal that will put them in debt till the next holiday comes round. The 4th of July is kind of nutty because you spend loads of money on fireworks that last a few seconds for a price that if it was an hourly wage, you would probably be a millionaire. Thanksgiving you spend money to eat so much food you want to vomit or spend the rest of the year dieting to get rid of the weight you just gained. What about Easter? This is a holiday that we celebrate the death of Christ buy worshiping a giant bunny that hides eggs all over the place.
Don’t get me wrong. I love holidays as much as the next person. But it seems hypocritical to say that one is getting to commercialized when they are all pretty much used to get people to buy shit. It doesn’t matter what holiday it is. It is all a part of being a commerce base society. So sit back, relax and enjoy the headache that will surely put you in the nut house if the process of buying things for your loved ones doesn’t do it first. hahahaha

**editors note – this is an opinion post, please take it as such**