Ever get annoyed at how commercial Christmas has gotten?

It doesn't annoy me so much as it makes me sad. I hate to see all the Christmas stuff in the stores right after Halloween. People wonder why they feel so let down after the presents are opened and it's because they've let themselves be robbed of the real meaning of Christmas. I complained to Walmart the day after Thanksgiving because they were playing Christmas carols and was told it was a radio station that they usually played and they had to wait for a manager to change it. Commercialization is everywhere and we won't change it until people discover for themselves that they are sucking the joy from their lives by worshiping material goods.

I fully agree with you dear Kate! With the changing times,people have started living in a ultra modern way, where emotions have no role. Things are taken very lightly and every thing revolves around the money or commerce. The younger generation has forgotten the social values, morals and traditions. For them celebrating christmas means just to have another get together and exchanging of the gifts. To add to it the shops,Hotels and the restaurants they are promoting Christmas as if it is another event to draw the crowd! The Christmas eve celebrations are done at grand scale at various Hotels and restaurants where any one can participate by paying a fixed amount of money as an entry fee! Here people gather to drink and make merry! No body seems to remember the importance of the occasion and about the message that has to be spreads across the World during this festival! Every thing got commercialised and people have changed their attitude too! I think in the coming years the things can get deteriorated further if the elders don't take interest in inculcating the traditions,beliefs and moral values in the young generation! I am afraid , it i really quite frustrating to see the traditions are being commercialised now a days! Thanks for the interesting discussion!

I don't really give much attention on Christmas. As matter of fact, Christmas just like everyday passing, and I simply buy something extra, like a lot of food to celebrate it. Nothing much special about this day for me though. Maybe if my friends invited me to their houses, I might have to buy a present for them.

I like a couple of Christmas-themed commercials. Like the Coca-cola commercial where everyone bonds during Chrismtas, forgetting about their usual busy lives. It just touches my heart. :)