During this holiday break the materialistic views of the U.S. have really shown. Instead of the celebrations of the meanings of the holidays and the coming together of family, the main focus is the presents. On many of the commercials I heard and saw the people would be saying how the presents and where you get the presents from is more important than the holiday itself. The focus is on the retail sales and what stores are doing the best, worst, and what types of things are being sold. As the years have gone on the buying and the gifts have become more prevalent rather than the notion of giving. Although the economy was considered to be the worst in decades this year, people were still shopping all day on the days of the sales and even on the days with no sales.
What does giving really mean? Is it about monetary things, sharing time, sharing love, sharing friendships, sharing talents, sharing appreciation? The real question is where do you have to go and what do you have to do to realize the real meaning of it all?
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Kelly you raise a good point becasue i also had a similar post but mine was about christmas day itself and how presents are the only thing that matter to most kids but i brought up the point how when you spend time with your family and friends people forget all about the presents they received and they are thinking about the fun and good times they are having. I don't think there is a place to go where you can find out what the meaning of giving is because like you have shown there is so many different ways of giving it is impossible to catagorize it in one meaning.
Kelly, I agree with you completely. Over winter break, my cousins and I went to Florida after Christmas. When walking into the airport, the first thing they asked me was what I got for Christmas. Kids today, even with the economy, are still getting whatever they want. There are commercials that they watch on TV that makes them want more and more, and some parents keep giving it to them.
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