Christmas is a consumerist holiday.... Under an economic system which demands consumption.
It's completely possible to make gifts or gathering specific things people close to you would like or need. Nobody is putting a gun to people's heads making them buy cheap shit that people use for 30 seconds then throw away.
Im not discounting gifts entirely, just the christmas idea that you have to go into it just guessing what someone wants, and it has to be a surprise for the person. Everyone I got a gift for this year, i just asked them what they wanted.
Christmas is a consumerist holiday.... Under an economic system which demands consumption.
It's completely possible to make gifts or gathering specific things people close to you would like or need. Nobody is putting a gun to people's heads making them buy cheap shit that people use for 30 seconds then throw away.
A gun no, but a screaming child? Thats just about as convincing.
Im not discounting gifts entirely, just the christmas idea that you have to go into it just guessing what someone wants, and it has to be a surprise for the person. Everyone I got a gift for this year, i just asked them what they wanted.