I can’t believe it is that time of the year again…
They are EVERYWHERE!
If you know me/and/or read my blog for some time already you will know that I am not the most Christmassy person in the world. Don’t take me wrong, I love the family gathering bit and the being with the ones we love and and the food… aaahhh… the food… but… The constant ringing of the Christmas Bells gets on my nuts.
Yeah… The Christmas Bells are ringing… And there is no other way to put what I feel about it but using one of the famous words of the great philosopher Jeremy Clarkson: Stop!! Stop Ringing those damned Bells! (well… not exactly these words… but it is what I would have used…)
Coming from a Marketing / Advertisement background I shouldn’t really get so annoyed at Christmas but I do.
It is all about selling and buying and consuming these days… It kinda feels like peace on earth to the men of good will became such a secondary thing that it isn’t really heard of much these days…
The Only Christmas Bells we hear ringing are the ones of the shops ding dongging in search for our attention to the latest toys and gadgets and latest offers for Christmas time…
To me that’s not what Christmas was supposed to be all about… and that depresses me…
Don’t take me wrong… I like giving and receiving presents just like the . next person.. but… the whole consumerism that goes whit the date just gets to me and not in a good way… Something that was supposed to be special becomes all about the latest craze… the latest toys and the latest fashions… And half of those things won’t even be around next year…
But The Christmas Bells will ring some more… I just hope we have some time to remember what the date is all about.
It’s much nicer if you avoid the consumerism and shop exclusively online, going into any shop after Halloween is like having christmas rammed down your throat.
I quite like christmas, the preparation and the excitement but I do woryy about those people who plan it down to the last detail and get their knickers in a twist about it. I just go with the flow and if it all goes tits up, well then we just drink more till it’s fixed!
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that sounds like a great approach… LOL!
I don’t do much planning at all… I haven’t actually spent any time Xmas shopping this year yet… woops…
I totally agree its getting so commercialised its depressing. We have to work really hard at keeping the real meaning of christmas in my childrens hearts xxx
sometimes tho… it feels like everything we do is not enough…
I think it is losing it’s mean to become a commercial celebration.