At the moment of writing this blog it is exactly 61 days, 14 hours and 21 minutes to Christmas! But whos counting?
The "official" countdown to Christmas starts on the 1st of Decemeber, a day when many younsters and indeed myself excitedly open the first door of their advent calenders! However it is fair to say that most of us start thinking about Christmas well before it even gets to this day. But why is this?
It is only mid-October yet on a recent visit to my supermarket I was bombarded with Christmas presents, stocking fillers and glitzy tree decorations. And even though we have exactly 61 days to buy all our presents you suddenly start to panic. You start to hear of people that have already got their presents bought and wrapped. The exceptionally well organised even have their cards written (I am slightly ashamed to say my mother is an example of such an individual). So why is it that Christmas starts so early?
I went online to see what other people thought in relation to this question, and the vast majority of online blogs I viewed gave the same answer as myself: money. Christmas is becoming more and more commercialised, with big businesses making thousands of pounds of profit during this festive season. It seems to be that the public just spend, spend, spend at this time of year. But is it the shops faults? Or are we to blame for buying into this festive frenzie of shopping? We now live in a world that is very materialistic, and people are almost in competition with one and other. Who has the newest gadget or the biggest tv? We are always wanting something new, or buying into the latest trend. So lets be honest, if we woke up to a single handmade present on Christmas Day we would be pretty disappointed.
So have we all forgotten the true meaning of Christmas? I had to type that very question into google, so the answer for the majority of us is probably yes!
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