Sallie wrote:
<Pretty soon it will be just another shopping day & religious significance
of the day will be gone - very sad earnings take precedence over tradition &
traditional values.>
Yes, unfortunately it's just become a profitfest for businesses. Soon the
supermarkets here will be selling mince pies with holly decoration on the
packet and a use-by date within two weeks of purchase.
I refuse to have anything to do with the commercialisation. In our family we
buy and give presents at any time of the year when we feel we want to - not
at Christmas - but do have a traditional Christmas lunch. Other than that
they make no profit from us for events at that time of year which are
supposed to be spiritual, not the opportunity to make a fast buck.
Besides which, as I get older, time seems to go faster and faster. I object
to businesses trying to make it go even faster by dragging dates forward by
6 months. Back-to-school uniform clothes for children were in the shops long
before they even stopped school for the long summer holiday.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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