Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
I love Christmas because it gives me an excuse to spend a lot of money on people I love.
Exactly. Who care's if it has been commercialized? As an owner of a small business, I love it, and as a consumer, I enjoy it. Who is getting screwed here? For me it reminds me of my early childhood, which while it wasn't long ago (I'm 18), it still seems long ago. I enjoy giving people presents and making them happy. Sure, if you just buy them some sh!t, it doens't matter, but if you buy them a gift that you put a lot of thought into, it really feels good.
I enjoy going to the malls during christmas and spending more money than I have, like I did with my family when I was younger. I enjoy waiting in long lines to buy gifts for people I care about, like I did with my family when I was younger. I enjoy the tacky christmas decorations everybody puts up, like the ones I put up with my family when I was younger. I enjoy driving through lit up subdivisions while the snow is falling on christmas eve, like I did with my family when I was younger. I enjoy sitting by the fire with my family on christmas morning taking down our stockings, like I did when I was younger. I enjoy making my parents happy when the see how much I like what they got me, like when I was younger.
It seems that as I am getting older, there is less and less time for all this. When I was younger, we would put up christmas stuff at least a month before hand... I remember this calendar we had, and every morning you would take a little felt ornament out of a pocket for what day it was, and pin it on a tree. I haven't taken that out in years. This year we just got the christmas decorations up less than a week ago. My mom hurt her back very badly, so she can't really go anywhere or do anything... I had to take my dad to the ER a few nights ago because he has a problem with his tooth, he hasn't been able to do much of anything the last couple days. My brother isn't coming home from college until tomorrow. This year Christmas seems more like it was thrown together at the last minute. But it still reminds me of my early christmases, and that makes me feel better.