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Article: STUDENTS SPEAK OUT: Do you think the holiday season has become too commercialized
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 20, 1990
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It has become a common complaint that the holiday season has
become too commercialized and too prolonged. Stores often begin to
show Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanza displays before Halloween.
Community groups begin celebrating year-end holidays before the
Thanksgiving turkeys are gone. The day after Thanksgiving has become
known for the holiday shopping frenzy.
Do you think the holiday season has become too commercialized
and too long? What do you think is the "true meaning" of the
holidays?
The Christmas holiday has become the biggest event of the year.
Of course it has become too commercialized and too long. Christmas
should be a time to sow your religious beliefs and give out a few ...