‘Tis a week before Christmas and all through the school, students are stressed, their faces turn blue. Presents, candy, and sweaters galore, they continue to stress about finals and more. Secret Santas and parties are too much to include, why are all of these students so shrewd? Secret Santas gravitate towards being more stressful when the Christmas season comes around. With studying for finals and preparing for family Christmases, Secret Santas in a high school class shouldn’t be a part of the commotion.
As Christmas draws near, we all scramble to get our loved ones a gift because “my love and affection” is no longer a freebee. In the stress of searching for that perfect gift that doesn’t exceed the price range, I find myself wondering why
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I tend to feel bad since I can’t afford a lot, it makes me wonder how my Secret Santa feels when they see they got a piece of candy and a pencil. Christmas parties are fun, but Secret Santas occasionally aren’t.
Aside from having to find the time and money to shop for a Secret Santa, the idea of it isn’t bad. Having a Secret Santa gives someone the opportunity to get to know them more and make a new friend. Secret Santas can bring people together if the two never talked before then. Money aside, Secret Santas can be beneficial.
Even though Secret Santas are somewhat of a good idea, I don’t agree with it. To me, gifts are supposed to be something that says “I thought about you”. With the randomness of sharing gifts happens more and more each year, society loses that sentimental value. The value behind the gift is supposed to be what makes gift giving fun, but with people bringing up “if Billy has a gift, Sally needs one ‘cause that’s what’s fair” many find themselves spending money they don’t need to be spending. However, if the idea and rules change in the slightest way, Secret Santas could be worth the money put into
However, I made the choice to collect donations for the League from the party-goers rather than increase the items with which I can let collect dust in my room until it the initiative is taken to give them to a child who, ultimately, will enjoy them more. From this experience, I realized the how infinitely more fulfilling and worthwhile giving to others is as opposed to augmenting a collection of things. The enrichment of dreaming about how many crystal-eyed kittens and wet-nosed dogs could be benefitted from the donations has proven to be more vividly memorable than any material gift or elaborate celebration.
Scrooge was always mean to everyone. They did not like him. He was visited by three ghosts that taught him a lesson. He started being nice. “Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all. . . He was a second father. . . [to Tiny Tim] His own heart laughed.” (Dickens 64). Doing nice things for people can make people happier too. The Grinch, as well as Scrooge, hates Christmas and he expresses it. The Whos hate him for it. He takes the presents of all the Whos, he is about to throw it off the mountain. The Grinch hears a sound. It is them. They are singing, despite the fact their Christmas is ruined. He returned all their gifts and celebrates Christmas with them. He is finally loved by the Whos. Doing nice things for people can make a person happy as well. Although, Scrooge was helped by spirits, The Grinch was held by people. Recent books can be seen using traditional story’s themes.
Christmas has consumed itself. At its conception, it was a fine idea, and I imagine that at one point its execution worked very much as it was intended to. These days, however, its meaning has been perverted; its true purpose ignored and replaced with a purpose imagined by those who merely go through the motions, without actually knowing why they do so.
In Jay Mock’s blog “Is Santa Claus a Conspiracy?” he contemplates whether Santa Claus has an evil purpose. Mock goes through what happens every year during Christmas time now and how “good feelings are directly connected to consumerism” (Mock p3), how we lie to support the conspiracy (Mock p5) and the different options a child may go through when trying to decide whether Santa Claus is real or not (Mock p7-15).
Most people know the story of Santa. While there are many different versions, the gist of it is the night before Christmas, while children are sleeping, a fat man slips down the chimney to distribute gifts to boys and girls that have been good all year. The story was meant to bring hope and joy to children. It was a tale of giving and of love. However, as time goes on characters change, sometimes for better, and sometimes they take a turn for the worst.
Not only children but also adults like Santa. When I was a child, I like Santa because he gave me a gift whether he is real or not. After I grew up, I know that Santa is unreal but Santa reminds me of my childhood. Many of the children think Santa is real person so that their parents try hard not to destroy their innocence. So, on Christmas, parents buy gifts for their children and dress themselves up as a Santa.
Elf on the Shelf, a recent and wildly popular Christmas tradition among young families has sparked many pleasant emotions with both children and adults. There have also been some who view the simple game as manipulative and blends the idea of child play with real world observation and the notion that one is always being watched. In an attempt to both increase children’s interaction with the Christmas tradition, and also appeasing the naysayers, Elf on the Shelf will be introducing a clothing line in addition to fashionable miniature doorways that parents can place around the home to reduce the imaginary gap between reality and fiction. Parents find just as much enjoyment if not more with the elf doll in attempts to out-do other friends on social media. Adding to the repertoire of merchandise will not
This is not your typical Christmas tale. This story is about a group of friends who decide giving is better than receiving around this time of year. There are tons of children who aren’t fortunate enough to get Christmas presents, let alone plenty who don’t even have family to spend the holidays with. Three best friends ended up figuring that out and worked together to truly create a Christmas miracle.
Although Santa has become the main staple of the Christmas season it is important to remember the true reason for the season. Jesus’ birth is what December 25 began as until Saint Nicholas day merged with it. Even though the character that has developed and encountered extremely drastic changes, he has almost always been a giving generous figure in society. “Santa is ‘an invention of the advertising industry’ and ‘a representative of consumer society,’ according to Bonifatiuswerk der deutschen Katholiken [Boniface of German Catholics], which seeks to restore St. Nicholas to his proper place in the Christmas season” (Sweas).
"You don't want to be on Santa's naughty list do you?" How many times have you heard those words as a child? Do those words still work today? Santa and his mystical abilities to know everything about everyone in the entire world, awed me as a child. Growing up I continually found myself replaying those words and applying them in my actions to be good, loving, peaceful, selfless and kind to others. Inside us are these traits we can surely better ourselves working on. Life is a busy one, though Santa still made the time, one man spreading joy worldwide. Would it hurt us to at least try?
Christmas used to be a time when families gathered and love enclosed each member. Meals and stories were shared and times were simpler. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Mass were special times for families to sit back in a pew and remember the true meaning of Christmas as carols were sung in the high choirs. This serenity and peace seems to be a thing of the past. Now, people are drowning in the pressure that Christmas is all about presents, and that unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning is what this joyous occasion is centered around. Another misconceived thought is that Christmas has to be bought and given away in order to have a good time. In 2010, a stunning “4.8 million people [found] time on Christmas Day to go online and shop.” On the contrary, only “4.5 million people who attend an Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, Baptist or Pentecostal church,” was present in church on Christmas Day. The thought that shopping is more important than the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ is appalling to Christians throughout the world.
Today it seems as though Christmas has fallen victim to materialism and commercialization. Rather than it being a time of loving and giving, it has become a stressful season of greed. Amidst all the hustle and bustle, it is important for us to recognize the true reason of the season, and celebrate in a fashion that exemplifies that reason.
Holidays have always been known to affect our consumer culture for many years, but how it all began eludes many people and very few studies have been completed on it. Even though some say that the subject is too broad to precisely identify how holidays, especially Christmas, directly affect our market, I have found that people’s values, expectations and rituals related to holidays can cause an excessive amount of spending among our society. Most people are unaware that over the centuries holidays have become such a profitable time of year for industries that they now starting to promote gift ideas on an average of a month and a half ahead of actual holiday dates to meet consumer demands.
...ch out only for themselves, we lose sight of what Christmas is truly about. Forgetting the being of Santa Claus only makes us slight the kindness on which this holiday is based. Not believe in Santa! You may as well not believe in the very gifts laid under the tree on Christmas morn. Without your faith, Santa Claus would be nonexistent. There would be no yearning in your soul to give of yourself to others, no example to follow. Thank God, Santa Claus exists and exists forever, lightening the heavy heart as the sight of the snow blankets the soul and defines the heart of childhood.
Women Play a Role as Santa Claus Ho,ho,ho merry christmas,”it’s Santa Claus” The Santa Claus that we know today, the fat, jolly wearing a red suit and sporting a big fluffy white beard. The Macy’s department store in New York City has a section to visit Santa. ”As I walk up i see people walking away from Santa” People go up to the workers and start saying “why is there a women dressed as Santa?” “ Women can’t play a role as Santa Claus” wa,wa little kids are crying because they see Santa as a women. I say yes women can play a role as Santa there is nothing wrong with that.