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.
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?