Sure, christmas could be celebrated without consumerism, but is it? This is an observation about the reality of society, “it could be different” misses the point.
No, but the cultural way to celebrate has a lot of consumerism to the point that not having any consumerism seems counter cultural to me. Counter to an aspect of it, at least.
Gift-giving is not inherently consumerist. It’s true that many families buy gifts, but it’s not entirely uncommon for the most cherished gifts to be handmade.
Also, a non-insignificant portion of the population values other aspects of Christmas over the gifts, primarily the family gathering itself.
We all have our comfort zones.
It is up to you how you wanna live, what will be your attitude and your view of the world.
I’m not telling you to stop consuming…or drinking beer. Of course doing those things less is generally good, bu who am I to stop you from fully living your life?
Oof. But I argue that you can enjoy those events consumer-free as well 🙂
EDIT: Oh well, not totally free, but you can lower it a lot.
Sure, christmas could be celebrated without consumerism, but is it? This is an observation about the reality of society, “it could be different” misses the point.
The common societal structure is one thing. But on the individual level - it’s up to you how you want to live, and how much you want to consume.
You could try I guess. But if you have kids then good luck with that
More people means more resources needed.
But you can teach offspring to consume less 😉
Sounds a bit counter-cultural
Are you saying that consumerism is the thing that mostly define culture?
No, but the cultural way to celebrate has a lot of consumerism to the point that not having any consumerism seems counter cultural to me. Counter to an aspect of it, at least.
Gift-giving is not inherently consumerist. It’s true that many families buy gifts, but it’s not entirely uncommon for the most cherished gifts to be handmade.
Also, a non-insignificant portion of the population values other aspects of Christmas over the gifts, primarily the family gathering itself.
Maybe we can come up with (new) cultural aspects that are involved with low consumerism?
You can drink non-alcoholic beer, too, but WTF.
We all have our comfort zones.
It is up to you how you wanna live, what will be your attitude and your view of the world.
I’m not telling you to stop consuming…or drinking beer. Of course doing those things less is generally good, bu who am I to stop you from fully living your life?
You’re missing the point. ☝🏽