Fashion

[ellaphant]

Retail  has destroyed Christmas!

[phoenixbrd]

ignore it and don't let it spoil the joy of the Christmas season!

[Buck-i-Nana]

Sorry, but I just don't see how anything could destroy Christmas for anyone if you truly believe.  JMHO.

[Jacie]

Christmas is what you male it!

[Krimpette]

I don't care when retailers start promoting Christmas buying.  I buy Christmas gifts throughout the year and it doesn't dampen one bit how I feel about Christmas.  As long as I'm able to get together with friends and family around Christmas, that's all that counts for me for now.  

[maximillian]

What I dislike is the  "Christmas in July" with QVC.  It is overdone.   This year they had show after show when the country was in the middle of a hot summer.

[Peaches McPhee]

Christmas is what you make it, OP.  Don't let the commercialization get you down.  Avoid the stores and the shopping channels.  Read the Bible or a religious book of your choice.  You CAN find and maintain the true meaning of Christmas -- anything worthwhile will take effort, but you can do it.

[RinaRina]

I think what the OP means is, back in the "old days", "Christ"mas was a celebration of the birth of Christ, December 25th.  Instead of a 2 - 3 week celebration commemorating the birth of Christ, it has now "morphed" into a shopping spree 365 days a year, which is an abberation of it's original intent.  

[ladyroxanne]

i personally don't like seeing christmas decorations up and out before halloween.  it's like life is over before you've lived it.

[LilacTree]

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@ladyroxanne wrote:

i personally don't like seeing christmas decorations up and out before halloween.  it's like life is over before you've lived it.

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I couldn't agree with this more.  What they are doing has nothing to do with the holiday itself, they are just taking the opportunity to push what must be many warehouses of inventory.  How many decorations do they think people need?

They've had Christmas trees up on the sets for weeks (months?) now.  It would have been so much more special if they had waited until this coming week, now that Halloween is over.  

I don't watch any of the holiday shows (now all day even two whole days in a row, and all weekend).  I guess after Thanksgiving it will really ramp up if they feel they haven't sold enough.