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Published: 2010-12-12 22:31:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 1392; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 12
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I mean, what ever happened to Christmas? It used to be a holiday of merryment and spending time with your family. But now, its turned into a holiday of spending your hard earned money and people have started to forget the true meaning of Christmas.Actually, this guy explains it better. [link]
Well, Merry Christmas everybody and those who don't celebrate Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Kwanza
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" It used to be a holiday of merryment and spending time with your family"
People define merryment with different things; some people define it by giving gifts or doing special occassions with their family.
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That sounds nice, hope you have a good Christmas.
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I hear ya. 
Do people actually get butthurt if you don't get them something expensive...or anything at all? All my friends and family know I love them...we all stopped giving/receiving gifts a long time ago for Christmas. We give at random times cause we feel like it, not because the calendar says to. Giving is a choice, not a requirement. Our new house is our Christmas present to ourselves for years to come. Nowadays we can't get what others want cause they go out and get it themselves when they want it. Ended up just passing cards with money in them. 
STORES: Money! We don't care if you sell all your blood to pay us! Just give us your MOOOONNNNEY!
Christ may be the reason for the season but that's the overtone we feel. 
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Truer words have never been spoken.
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Thanks. I was hoping not to offend anyone. But it's been just my observation.
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Thanks, Merry Christmas to you too.
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Oh, but I'm making all my friends' Christmas presents. Take that Walmart.
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As Tom Lehrer put it:
"Angles we have heard on high, tell us to go out and BUY!"
Orion
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Well, it's like this. Because the economy has slowed down considerably, retailers are having to hype Christmas no end to make up for lost profits.
This really has been going on for a long, long time now; even before I was born, there was this kind of backlash against Christmas hype. Dr. Seuss wrote "How the Grinch Stole Chirstmas" in 1957 as a warning against overhyping the holiday.
So long as one person remembers that we celebrate it as an arbitrary date for Christ's birthday, the true spirit of Christmas will never be lost.
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True true, and quamp, Merry Christmas
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