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“It didn’t feel as frantic or overly commercialized when I was a kid (1940s–50s), and Christmas didn’t start in September. There was more anticipation, with clear breaks between Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and most shopping didn’t really happen until after Thanksgiving. Now we’re inundated with everything Christmas on every platform, and it’s just too much. We don’t need three months of Christmas — and it wouldn’t hurt to dial back the consumerism, IMO.”
— challam
“Even as a kid in the ’70s and ’80s, Christmas season didn’t kick off until the day after Thanksgiving. You definitely didn’t see stores rolling out holiday stuff in September.”
“’I want this,’ ‘he better get me that,’ ‘if you don’t buy her this expensive piece of jewelry, you don’t love her.’ 🙄
I blame advertisers for fueling the buying frenzy — and the way some people feel like they have to get something pricey just to brag about it.”
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