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What happened to the holiday spirit?  When did it turn into blowing horns and backed up traffic, agonizing over money and pleasing everyone?  When did the holidays have to be a production instead of a nice quiet time with the family.  Now you’re driving as fast as you can from this place to that, catching a plane, and trying to make everyone happy.  Kids packed into the car, instead of shinning eyes watching for Santa.  It’s nice that some people might still pull off a nice holiday, but it seems like the culture is turning it over to stress and commercialism.  Nobody seems to be trying to just have a nice relaxed vacation with their family, there is always more on the list of things to do…always more responsibilities…always more people to see and make happy….When does it all stop?  When will we figure out to put those things aside and go back to the basics?  When will the stress disappear and when will we be able to ignore the latest add or gimmick?  I wish the holiday season was set back around family and friends…surrounding yourself with loved ones and simply feeling lucky to have those people around you.

Tags: commercialism, Holidays, People, stress
Filed under: Society