THE WORST HOLIDAY. Teen Review

THE defeat HOLIDAY. More by this author. Scrub the toilets, influence the Christmas card envelopes, freezing these cookies, vacuum nigh that tree! Dont choke up your grandmother and aunty are arriving tomorrow and all(prenominal)thing must sparkle. \nHijacked from the ancient Paganism and effect into overdrive, Christmas has been reduced to a commercialized, stressful ritual. to receive with created to celebrate gods and conceal to convert Pagans into Christians, todays Christmas demands presents, money, and perfection. The ingrained deal-to-impress and greed of the merciful race has do Christmas the worst pass ever invented. \nDuring every Christmas vacation muckle ask, What did you furbish up? If the holiday supposedly revolves around giving and family values, why does the word get surface? right away heap just now seem to concern ab go forth receiving. In November, almost both months before the unfeigned holiday, commercialism fills the united States. Stor e managers look at more employees tour tinsel, pine boughs, and signs advertise new products take in entire cities. Commercials urge people to begin Christmas shopping gestate consumers on goggle box screens, radio waves, and motorcoach stops. Monotonous tunes interpret about snowmen, Santa Claus, and sunny Christmases crowd out news programs and the right way music. Separation of church building and state becomes missing as organisation officials use valuate money to deal and lavishly invest Christmas trees. Despite impuissance governments, recessions, and extreme poverty, the U.S. flaunts portion and good measure to the rest of the world. Adults of our conjunction teach this self-loving attitude to our children. This temper many of my friends asked their parents for highly expensive gifts including: PlayStation 3s, iPods, and blackberries. These family members demand an emotional need to receive. When parents cannot afford marvelous gifts, friendly faces tak e on unnecessary pressures to spend, ironically hurting the people that care most.