What Happened To Thanksgiving?
I had a Feed moment the other day as I was in the Blue Mall on Church Street. With Halloween having just passed, as I was walking through the mall I was expecting to see Thanksgiving related decorations in preparation of the upcoming holiday. Or perhaps with the consumer driven Black Friday approaching, advertisements of “the big day”. What I was not expecting was the halls decked out for Christmas. Yet the reds, greens and silvers were all throughout the mall walkways. As I entered the first store I found myself bombarded by winter colors and Christmas music playing in the background.

As I hastened my shopping for the day, I found myself thinking about Feed. Christmas has become the most commercial consumer driven holiday we have. With the exception of Black Friday, Christmas shopping has taken over the thing we as consumers spend the most money on. I find the commercialism of a holy holiday disgusting. As I was going through the mall and seeing more and more shops displaying Christmas related themes in their windows I was less and less inclined to stop in to look for something. I felt like the shops and the mall itself was attacking me and forcing me to accept the THINGS for the holiday instead of enjoying the holiday before it. Because of that, I wanted to rebel, much like Violet did.

Excellent blog post, Kim.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to Guthrie - the Christian community certainly has some useful perspective to offer.
What would Jesus buy, er, do?
Do you know www.adbusters.org's BUY NOTHING day? Check it out online - it is coming up soon...
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