Title: The Commercialization Of Our 25 Favorite Holidays
Headings: The Commercialization Of Our 25 Favorite Holidays
The Commercialization Of Our 25 Favorite Holidays
1. Christmas
2. Halloween
3. Valentine’s Day
4. Thanksgiving
5. St. Patrick’s Day
6. Fourth of July
7. New Year’s Eve/Day
8. Easter
9. Kwanza
10. Mother’s Day
11. Father’s Day
12. Memorial Day
13. Labor Day
14. Sweetest Day
15. Cinco De Mayo
16. National Grandparents Day
17. Teachers’ Day
18. Veterans Day
19. Presidents Day
20. Columbus Day
21. Earth Day
22. Arbor Day
23. Boss’s Day
24. April Fools Day
25. National Secretary’s Day
Written by Jeff Springer

Content: 1. Christmas
Christmas is supposed to be a time to celebrate and reflect on the birth of Christ. But that meaning is now all but lost. Instead, most people opt for the more commercialized meaning, and focus squarely on spending hundreds (thousands) of dollars buying useless presents and paying attention to “getting” rather than the spirit of giving. Far from a time of togetherness, humility, and modesty, Christmas is now seen as a economic stimulus for lagging economies, with many stores beginning the season and starting to sell “Christmas items” as early as October. 2. Halloween
The intent of this Irish created holiday was to recognize how the dead were a threat to the living with the burning of livestock. Not much of the original meaning remains, and in fact if you were to ask a random selection of people what Halloween is about, they are much more likely to tell you about trick-or-treating, dressing up in costumes, haunted houses and ghost rides, and of course the release of a few good horror flicks (released specifically to take advantage of the holiday). Stores can be seen capitalizing on the theme to sell companion lighting, ornaments (spiders, spray-web, etc.), novelty yard items like monsters and tombstones, and of course prepackaged selections of candies to be given to trick-or-treating children.