Americans turn Christmas into something much more grotesque than it ought to be. It is the celebration of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, Savior of all, coming to Earth as a baby, and yet Americans spend
$450,000,000,000 ($450 billion) EVERY YEAR to celebrate.
Advent Conspiracy thinks that’s ridiculous, and they’re going to do something about it.
The idea: why don’t we buy less, dial our November 20-something through January 2nd intensity down a bit, spend more time with the people we love, and give the money we save to do greater good?
Because if $450 billion didn’t seem ridiculous already, it will now: Lack of clean water kills more people than ANYTHING else. Big problem, right? How great would it be to keep all those people alive? It would likely only cost $10 billion ($10,000,000,000). So, collectively, if America doesn’t buy its dad a tie for Christmas, we can make sure that no one in the world goes without clean water.
Let’s do it.
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The Christmas stuff was in the stores before Haloween this year. Retailers are afraid of the slow economy taking a toll on Christmas sales, so they started marketing everything earlier. It’s going to be a bad Christmas, so they’ve made it last longer? It’s called Christmas creep, akin to urban sprawl around the big cities.
The American ideas of Christmas and the lost celebration of Advent are almost totally unrelated. It’s a monster that Christians lost control of years ago.
Huh, I too have noticed how early Christmas rolled out this year. My wife and I were talking about it this morning.
Speaking of AC, my wife and I (living in a nondescript southern state) have decided to start our own AC tradition. This is our first year.
I am trying to put together a meaningful present for my wife, and I have been so excited about it, that it has been easy for me to resist going for the easy consumer purchase. Assuming I can pull it off, she will be much more satisfied with the present.
For a run-down on my gift (and a chance to contribute), visit http://www.motherletter.blogspot.com. There is also a place for other conspirators to share what they are doing.