Has Consumerism Taken Over Christmas?

Opting Out of Consumerism at Christmas - No Sidebar

Making consumerism (a.k.a. buying more stuff) the focus of our holiday season is our choice. We can opt out of our consumer culture's push for more this ...

Christmas consumerism – The Western Howl

Something about the green and red popping up reminds consumers of the money they have to spend — or probably shouldn't spend — on holiday goods. The truth is, ...

Has Consumerism Taken Over Christmas? - The Crossing Blog

It's no small irony that Christmas is the high holiday of the church of consumerism. Consumerism bastardizes advent—a time traditionally spent ...

Christmas consumerism blues : r/Anticonsumption - Reddit

My family has finally gotten the point that except for kids, no gifts. We instead donate to various charities/food banks etc in people's name to ...

Has consumerism taken over Christmas? Two marketing experts ...

Isabelle Szmigin, professor of marketing, and Caroline Moraes, senior lecturer in marketing, talk about the balance between giving and economics.

How to save Christmas from consumerism | Grist

American consumerism is a year-round thing, but things really go into overdrive in the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. When you get ...

Consumerism culture is dangerous to the true meaning of Christmas

There is no denying the value of Christmas for those who are religious, but the materialistic culture has put a costly spin on gift giving and ...

How Consumer Culture Ruined Christmas | by Ewelina Adamczak

What started as a religious holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus, has become a commercial exploit — enshrouded in pointless consumerism ...

Why can't we resist consumerism at Christmas? | this. - Deakin

If you get sucked into the Christmas consumerism trap every year, you might want to consider whether piles of presents make you and the environment happy.

Commodification of holidays, excessive consumerism damage Earth

A capitalist society has allowed corporations to take advantage of a consumerist culture under the guise of nostalgia and generosity. At best, ...

Christmas, Consumerism and Confusion - What is Emerging

For the non-religious in Europe's post-Christian culture, Christmas is still experienced as a reflective time where attention naturally draws ...

Is Consumerism Consuming Your Holidays?

We also travel, feast, decorate, and shop, but the rate of consumption is not sustainable. Under the allure of holiday lights and nostalgia lies ...

Consumerism vs. Religion: Christmas in the United States

Today, Christmas is arguably the most popular holiday in the United States: one 2017 Pew Research Center survey found that it was celebrated ...

Christmas Consumerism - The Stuyvesant Spectator

Modern Christmas is corrupted by consumerism, tainting the meaning of the holiday season ... The first Christmas took place a few millennia ago and was based on a ...

Consumerism's effect on Christmas isn't entirely negative

The Western world's modern idea of Christmas is largely influenced by consumerism and commercialisation. ... has taken a different route. Of ...

Why I'm curbing my Christmas consumerism — even though ...

Just because over consumption starts at the top with the Pentagon, doesn't mean it has to go all the way down to me.

How Western culture re-forged Christmas as a holiday for ... - The Boar

Christmas as a whole, perpetuates American ideals and values of competitive consumerism. Stores during the time leading to Christmas persuade ...

Don't catch the Christmas consumerism craze - the Epic

... Christmas goods at entrances beg to be bought ... Despite the beauty they bring, electricity consumption is at an all-time high during the holiday ...

UNFILTERED: Has consumerism stolen Christmas? - YouTube

In this fourth episode, marketing experts Professor Isabelle Szmigin and Dr Caroline Moraes discuss the question "Has consumerism stolen ...

The marketing of holidays. The consumption behind tradition

Christmas, which became an official holiday in the United States in 1870, has obvious and deep religious roots, but it was mainly the ...