Christmas is so Commercialised!

When you look back at the history of Santa Claus, (see previous 2 blogs) its quite surprising to see that his tomb was taken from town to town so local commerce could profit from the influx of pilgrims. It needs to be accepted that it is some people's nature to capitalise when they can.

So now we know by going back to the routes of Father Christmas, we can see that its not just us in the 21st Century who have commercialised the big man, we don't need to feel guilty.

With the colossal advertising budgets that high street retailers have nowadays and their access to different mediums such as newspapers, television, radio, social media, mobile telephony text marketing, billboards and perfect high street locations, it has without doubt driven the consumer to want to celebrate in a way our ancestors never did or could of. (but i bet they would of if they could of!)

The only floor in the modern day commercialisation of Santa Claus is that people really do forget the actual reason as to why they are celebrating. It is not just a 'Christian or Catholic' celebration , it has now transcended to everyday working families who do not have a religious belief between them.

I guess you could blame the power of the 'advertising media' and the fall in Christian teachings within education establishemnts for invoking this lack of 'why we celebrate'. i think it is indeed a little hypocritical of some people to celebrate Christmas. Or maybe a better way of putting it is that some of us are actually guilty of ignorance until we have learnt the facts that history teaches us!