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Respected Contributor
Posts: 4,536
Registered: ‎12-13-2010

Talk about destroying Christmas

I love Christmas. I don't love it being 'used' in July, September, and October.

Society has destroyed the real meaning of the holiday with it's massive consumerism. 

No thanks.

 

Honored Contributor
Posts: 11,111
Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Re: Talk about destroying Christmas

I have to admit, even with the commercialism, Christmas has not been ruined for me.  It doesn't stop me from still observing the true meaning of Christmas.

Honored Contributor
Posts: 10,168
Registered: ‎03-14-2010

Re: Talk about destroying Christmas

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I agree....Christmas is about the birth of the Savior....not about how much you can spend and how much you can buy. Giving the mail carrier some cold water in the hot summer and some hot coffee in the winter would show a true giving spirit more than buying them some useless gift they will probably give or throw away. The pushy, urgent attitude of Christmas in July is a turn-off for me.

Esteemed Contributor
Posts: 7,097
Registered: ‎09-05-2014

Re: Talk about destroying Christmas

I think that's nonsense.

 

No commercial enterprise or retailer can destroy Christmas for you.

 

You destroy it yourself when you let this bother you to such an extent.

 

I'm perfectly fine with CIJ and I enjoy Christmas in December.

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Honored Contributor
Posts: 10,168
Registered: ‎03-14-2010

Re: Talk about destroying Christmas

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Nonsense? You missed the concept of her post. Being “ used” just means the nonstop push of retailers for a holiday that is months away....and Q did not create the concept of CIJ...almost all retailers have jumped on the CIJ bandwagon...complete with Black Friday.

Honored Contributor
Posts: 9,713
Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Re: Talk about destroying Christmas

If a home shopping network (that we each voluntarily watch) selling holiday items for one month in the summer "destroys" Christmas for you, I am sorry.

Honored Contributor
Posts: 17,739
Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Re: Talk about destroying Christmas

No one is forced to listen to a sales pitch, change the channel..Some people like it, I am not one of them

 

I don't try to control what other people watch

 

Many people are dependent on Q for their living. They have families to feed. I am sure the sales are welcome  to them

Honored Contributor
Posts: 15,344
Registered: ‎05-01-2010

Re: Talk about destroying Christmas

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Why would anyone let ‘society’ destroy anything for them? Please throw out all your Christmas junk you have collected over the years and just use a Nativity set at Christmas. And oh yes, take a trip to see the Holy Land so Christmas is not destroyed for you. Edited to add, only you can let yourself ‘be used’.

Honored Contributor
Posts: 10,168
Registered: ‎03-14-2010

Re: Talk about destroying Christmas

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Who tries to control what other people watch? I guess I missed that post...

Esteemed Contributor
Posts: 7,707
Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Re: Talk about destroying Christmas

Since I have the ability to separate secular christmas from  religious Christmas the commercialism of secular christmas has zero impact on me beyond getting my decorating and gift shopping done early.

The eyes through which you see others may be the same as how they see you.