I recently bought a digital camera. This has nothing to do with Christmas. I wanted to upgrade my camera for a while. Since, I am going overseas soon, I decided to buy now so I can claim the GST back using TRS.
But, I got swept up in the shopping spree and almost bought a new mobile phone as well. At the last moment I came to my senses and didn't buy it. My expensive XDA is just over an year old.
This made me think. These days Christmas is all about gifts, shopping and spending. So much ads are constantly on about "Christmas Sales" and "massive price cuts" worst yet "but now don't pay anything till 2010". The ads are constantly in your face, you end up getting in to a shopping mode, without actually realising it. People are just buying stuff they don't really need, thinking they are getting a real bargain. I just went to the shopping centre the other day, it's just a frenzy. How many people are going to get massive shock when they see the credit card statement in the new year? Not a great way to start the new year.
The ironic part is, the true meaning of Christmas is lost in all this frenzy. Shopping mall car parks are like battle grounds. People are screaming and abusing others and being rude to caught up in the stress and frenzy of finishing their shopping. Is it all about shopping? How many people have actually stopped and thought about the less fortunate, let alone tried to help them?
Like all other special days (Valentine day, Father's day, Mother's day, the list goes on) Christmas also has become a victim to commercialisation.
Merry Christmas!!!
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