Comments on: Halloween, Christmas, Valentines Day: Why Do We Go Along with It?

By: B Nelson

B Nelson — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:56:40 +0000

People are competative by nature, when we are told we have to give the best gifts, or expect the best gifts, it feeds into the buying frenzy you refer to.
The enviornment is suffering because of all our greed.

By: StephenPorter

StephenPorter — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:08:03 +0000

Quite a few word usage and spelling mistakes, young man; but the content and its context is flawless. Much the same thing is happening in the Music industry were endless drivel is pumped out in order to make the fat cats fatter.

By: Jane Jane

Jane Jane — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:37:00 +0000

I agree with you on this. Good that children don’t go for trick or treat here in our place. But as early as october, they try to carol for some money.

By: martie

martie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:40:10 +0000

good article with some very valid points. Each of these holidays can be celebrated by people without having to spend a dime and could end up having more meaning.

By: Atikin

Atikin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:03:51 +0000

Hahaha, I know I should NOT laugh but there was a tinge of humour to this and do you know what? I agree TOTALLY. It is a bit insane that you have to get sweeties for kids on Halloween when you can’t be bothered to get off the couch and get some yourself (cover what you bought in sweets – who said I’m going to pay for the sweets I give strangers?) and I think Valentines Day is one day when all couples go BONKERS and make such a big deal about the present for their significant other and ultimately end up giving like chocolate… (AS IF I didn’t know they’d do that already). All these events mean big bucks for companies so I don’t plame them for commercialising these holidays because you gotta make the money and so they do. But it is nauseating the way people get so in to all of it.

And THANK YOU!!! Mother’s and Father’s day??? Sorry…what is the point in that? I haven’t given my parents anything for the past 17 years of my life for mother’s and father’s day and I don’t intend to either and frankly, they couldn’t care less!

By: martinpm

martinpm — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:08:22 +0000

We all live in the era of commercialization and its bound to happen, nice article.

By: diamondpoet

diamondpoet — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:31:46 +0000

I am inclined to agree with you, glad someone finally wrote about this subject, people have gotten to caught up in holiday’s. Nice write.

By: ken bultman

ken bultman — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:51:15 +0000

I’m with you on this one, pal. Go Texans.