The mainstream media just don’t get it. The joy of Christmas isn’t about buying and consuming things. Even if you grant the premise that retail sales should be the object, they still don’t get it. They didn’t get it last year. They don’t get it this year. Maybe they will get it next year? See http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2007/12/26/tis-season-post-christmas-bias-new-york-times