Excessmas | No connection between sales, joy

a new word for the celebration of excess, as opposed to the Nativity, at Christmas time

No connection between sales, joy

December 30, 2009

There is no connection between the strength of retail sales and the joy of Christmas. You can have a joyous Christmas in the worst of times; you can have a bad one in boom times. Notice how this article reflects the common and contrary view — the view that associates joy with spending. Will they ever get it? I don’t think so.

There’s always time!
There are 3 months and 19 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.
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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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No connection between sales, joy

There’s always time!

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