A10 - Friday, December 21, 1984 - North Shore News

CROSS-FIRE

opposing views on
the issues of the day

Commercial Christmas?

Have we become too caught up in the commercial

By JOANNE MacDONALD

aspects of Christmas at the epense of the spirit of the season?

YES:

‘We were happier’ NO:

‘Building excitement’

PAUL MUTSAERTS

especially ridiculous tashioned way ot hap- MURRAY DYKEMAN ty handles the whole the wonder — particular-
Self-employed store When | was young, we piness. To me, happiness self-employed season, even if a person ms ly tor children. | think
owner didn’t have all that, but is to be sauustied with the businessman not rehgious, people sull most of the hype ots

“Christmas is certainly I'm sure we were happier little things in lite ‘1 don't teel that use the time to re-assess directed at the children in
too commercial, because “Evervbody you talk Christmas 1s too com all of us. Even some ot
they're pushing this Santa to feels Christmas 18 too mercial The thought of the raw advertising — the
Claus business and commercial. They sal at: . commercials — help peo-

what appears to be com-

everything on TN ows tor buy everybody things, i ; ple to warm up to
. - mercialism is really the . ,
Christmas. People all buy especially the kids, and he? . : Christmas They're not
resents for everybody they will pay any price public's way of express: all crass
P _ ; Pay y oprie ing emotion t's a pro “es
but many times they tor presents . -

: _ , cess of the way we live
don’t even mean it And 1 don’t think it an “Sure there's a lot of

“Th ; { ; . It's a celebration. We live :

: e true meaning © can be stopped. Studies In a society that’s very commercial activity, but
tnestmas tor me Is to Bet have shown that 60 to 6§ active) and very. con- people seem to want to
one er with the sam ¥ Per cent of retail sales are sSumable Christmas ex- celebrate. The thought of
ave i vet might an ‘ . ;

a quie Bg done in the fast five to six presses people's desire to buying and giving things
exchange a tew. pitts weeks of the vear. give, share and enjoy 1s all related to the cele-
Some people go over Everything is geared to ‘ . bration ot Christmas
board with all their gifts, Christmas If know of To me, Christmas 1s a People are into a spirit
but we don’t Love and some people who are pet time tor people to stop that’s not necessarily a
sharing is omuch more ting bank loans to buy tor a minute and enjoy frenzy of the Christmas
important Christmas presents Peo- the nostalgia oof their rush. [t's a tnendliness

“To combat all the ple don’t realize vou can't vouth and childhood, the
commercialism we should buy happiness with relauonship of the famn- “1 deal with hundreds
get the retailers and money ly, the realization of love of people a day. The
manufacturers together “Retailers think how and the basics ot life money's in their hand,
and stop all their adver- Kids today may know — can we get the customer” Christmas is a rekindling their own beliefs. they pass it to me and
tising This Cabbage more, but they're not Everything in this country of our own. beliefs. “AM the hype builds their eyes are still shin-
Patch doll business 3s happier in the old is built on greed Because of the way socie- ,

the creates

excitement, ing °

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