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65_valiant said

Wont be giving them a dime this year. My family works in retail, and the corporate greed is taking them away from us on the holidays. I don't need any of this stuff bad enough to save a few bucks when it takes people away from their families just so the corporate fat cats can show a profit and inflate the quarterly bonus they DONT deserve.
I wish other people could see that there's more to the holidays than getting a great deal on possessions.

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I completely agree with you on this. But it goes far beyond corporate greed. It also speaks to personal greed.

I'm old enough to remember a time when nothing was open on a holiday, especially Christmas and thanksgiving. No movie theaters, no department stores, no restaurants (unless they were owned by people who were other than Christians.

People now demand "Everything all the time". The level of zeal in shopping has grown immensely. With merchants as well as consumers it's about getting what you want, now. In my opinion the greed of both consumers and retailers has striped the "holiday" out of the "Holidays".

Greed, lust, aggressiveness, selfishness, and sense of triumph rule what was once a very family oriented, and peacefully quiet holiday. Even the hustle and bussle of the Nov.-Dec. shopping days had a more tolerant air to them.