Christmas Capitalist

Okay, if I hear one more person go off on a self righteous/I never bought anything on Christmas/why is it so commercialized? sermon I am going to puke. My big question to all of you is this, "what's the freaking problem? are your True meaning of christmas sensibilities so fragile that the commercial element of the holiday has the ability to destroy every bit of your Christmas goodness?" I'm sorry, but I need a lot more than a few lame commercials and a full parking lot at the mall to get me down. I just don't feel threatened by businesses making a bunch of sales over the holidays, my deeper spiritual feelings for what it represents are completely seperate. Truth is, when I drive by the packed mall, I think to myself "good for you mall... I hope those maniacs shop til they drop!" One individual I know (no I won't name names), gets so worked up about our "commercialized Christmas" that when she talks about it her cheeks swell up big and red and I literally think she is going to explode. Here is one of her more idiotic quotes I'd like to analyze, "That's why I like thanksgiving, they haven't figured out a way to ruin it yet!"
1. She prefers Thanksgiving simply as a reaction... pretty fair weather if you ask me
2. Who is "they"? it's like she thinks a secret club of rich evil doers exisits that is bent on ruining all holidays.
3. This secret club of wicked people is currently devising a way to also ruin thanksgiving (I hear they are working out a way to get coupons inside turkeys) and any other currently "pure holiday" we all better watch out.
4. The overall tone is that there is a massive conspiracy and everyone is a victim of it. (sidenote: I have a big problem with empowering others and making myself a victim, this deserves it's own blog).
5. This one is probably the worst, in so many words, she says that Christmas is currently ruined, and no one currently existing is having any fun or making any great memories.

For my final point, I turn to the final chapter from our beloved Charles Dickens "Christmas Carol" which represents the pureness of the holiday.
"It's Christmas Day!" said Scrooge to himself. "I haven't missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night. They can do anything they like. Of course they can. Of course they can. Hallo, my fine fellow!"
"Hallo!" returned the boy.
"Do you know the Poulterer's, in the next street but one, at the corner?" Scrooge inquired.
"I should hope I did," replied the lad.
"An intelligent boy!" said Scrooge. "A remarkable boy! Do you know whether they"ve sold the prize Turkey that was hanging up there -- Not the little prize Turkey: the big one?"
"What, the one as big as me?" returned the boy.
"What a delightful boy!" said Scrooge. "It's a pleasure to talk to him. Yes, my buck."
"It's hanging there now," replied the boy.
"Is it?" said Scrooge. "Go and buy it."

*What is the first thing Scrooge did once he learned his all night Christmas lesson... he went shopping!