Comment on Christmas is upon us
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 week agoIts not so much about what they sell and what they sell, its more about that stores do this to squeeze every last penny out of an event that supposedly for once should would not be about money, cheapening the entire thing to just another money tit for the rich
That’s what pisses people off
IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
When in the hell has Christmas ever been anything but, about the money?
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
The time before modern manufacturing and/or WW2.
When recieving an orange in the north in winter was considered special.
IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Sure pal… gonna need a source on that.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Ive stories from my great granparents, and old movies as my reference. The fact that it was impossible to mass manufacture cheap plastic crap then is a large indicator into how its changed in the last 100-120 years. The whole world was set up differently, and over consumption wasnt at all like it is today.
but maybe this will help someone who knows no history of thier land. Though its really a fluffy article. Feel free to look uo the histories of christmas in your own time.
oldworldchristmas.com/…/christmas-through-the-dec…