The Christmas Commercialisation Conspiracy (Christmas Special)

The Christmas Commercialisation Conspiracy. Has a nice ring to it, no?


I'm typing this at 1 am, Christmas Day. Most of you are asleep, and my Facebook Chat tells me there's only 13 out of my beloved 249 friends online. But let's get on with it.

Some of my more english proficient friends would have figured out the title, which is about the, err, Christmas Commercialisation Conspiracy. Duh. Just look up the dictionary.

For those that have figured that out, you will be wondering: what's the big deal? The big deal is this, my friends. You see because of Christmas, many big private corporations have been given an opportunity. Christmas Sales. Christmas Specials. Christmas Limited Edition Items. And so on.

You probably are still wondering what is the issue. You will be thinking: Yeah, but so what? This is all good, right? Helps the economy and everything.

Ah, it might help the economy, but it also creates a negative impact, that is, destroying the true spirit of Christmas.

You are now thinking: Wait, wait, that's gone too far. But I'm sorry to say no, unfortunately, it hasn't.

You can see it small things, like Merry Christmas turning to Happy Holidays. Christmas signifying Santa, not Jesus. The dissapearing of the Nativity Scene-you can google that-and more.

And this, is rather sad, and rather worrying. I'm not the only one; ask any priest or church-goer that knows about this. And worse still, this article is not going to do much. All I can do is let you, reader, know, and sincerely ask you to pass this on, or Christmas will just turn into another public holiday.

But seeing its Christmas today, lets forget the tough reality and celebrate Christmas, the REAL way. So: Happy Chrismas everyone. And a Merry New Year.

I got that wrong didn't I?

Terence Wang vows to keep on saying 'Merry Christmas' only.

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