I'm glad that someone has taken notice. Last year when I saw the premier of "The Happy Elf" on Cartoon Network, I had offically given up all hope that Christmas wouldn't be overmarketed. I think at the turn of this century was the major pimping of Christmas marketing.
Once upon a time Christmas was all about giving and sharing and not packaging it all up and mailing it to everyone as sweaters and little plastic toys that fall to bits after one use.
Another good example of over marketing and lack of Christmas meaning is last year, when I heard a little girl screaming her head off because her dad wouldn't buy her a Barbie doll something-arther. She was screaming not just because of that, but because of the fact that she "wanted it for Christmas". I honestly wish that kids would actually understand that Christmas has more meaning. When I was their age (god, listen to me, I'm sounding like a grandmother
), I actually BELIEVED in the spirit of giving and recieving. If you give something, you will recieve something in return that is of equal value. I'm very sure this is due to the overmarketing of Christmas, and not focusing on what it is all about.
Sometimes the world just makes me sick.