There’s always time!
- There are 10 months and 20 days until Christmas -- there's always enough time to prepare for a more meaningful, less materialistic Christmas!
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Just use the word "Excessmas" for the secular celebration that takes place in December and "Nativity" for the celebration of Jesus Christ's birth. Your office party is probably an "Excessmas" party but you go to a "Nativity" candlelight service at a church on Christmas Eve.We’re in the dictionary!
Well, not the Oxford English Dictionary, but check this out from Addictionary : DEFINITION:(noun) The act, in a material sense, of overdoing the Christmas Holiday. Excessive spending in hopes of getting that "special holiday feeling". Too much decoration. Too many disposible gifts. Alternate use: too much celebration with food and/or adult beverages.
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
First sighting of a Christmas catalog?
Don’t do this if it will make you sad, but: Look out for the first mention of “Christmas” on a catalog you receive in the mail. Could be September or even August, depending on where you are. It will be … Continue reading
How to keep Christmas simple
Here’s a nice post on how to keep Christmas simple. From “only use cash” to “look for the meaning,” there are some good and practical tips. To those I would only add this: Call the secular celebration “Excessmas,” recognizing that … Continue reading