Santa Wake Up High School
Imagine this: it’s December 25th, 1985, you wake up bright and early and you excitedly hop out of bed and run over to your siblings bed to wake them up too. After they get out of bed, you guys run across the hall to get your parents up. Shortly after that, you race your sibling to the living room and discover the handful of presents that Santa left for you. You rip open all six of the gifts left underneath the tree and you couldn’t be more grateful. After that, you play with your toys for hours on end and you couldn’t have asked for anything better. Now imagine this: it’s December 25th, 2017, you wake up earlier than normal, but not too early. You walk down the hall to wake up your sibling, then down stairs to wake your parents up, and lastly
to the living room where the Christmas tree is at. Your eyes light up when you see the heaps and mounds of gifts surrounding the tree. After you open up all 26 presents, you realize that you didn’t receive the newest iPhone model so you get really upset and storm up to your room. You’re so frustrated that you didn’t get that one present; you don’t even care about the other presents down stairs. Christmas is just one example that proves that today’s generation is more greedy and they expect more items than people did in the past. Based on personal interviews, research, and the article “Swollen Expectations”, Americans expectations have slowly, but surely gone up. In today’s society, Americans, especially the younger generations, are becoming greedy and expect more materialistic items than the previous generations did; items like Christmas gifts, electronics, and even cars are just a few examples. First of all, Christmas is a holiday celebrated by millions of people across the United States for numerous years nows. However, the expectations of what gifts are given and received have changed drastically over the years. Today’s generation is more greedy and ungrateful for what they get. In 1985, children were happy to be given a new cabbage patch doll and hand-me down clothes for Christmas (interview with mom). In present day America, kids and younger generations expect mounds of gifts, costing over hundreds of dollars, just to be content for a short period of time. Back then, people had far fewer materialistic items than we have now (article). My father said that children now are given more presents than he did when he was growing up (interview with dad). On the other hand, a minority of families in America still use the “three gift rule”, where each child only gets about three gifts. My mother’s family implemented this and she continues to use it today. The three rule basis helps lessen the number of materials a child has. Because of greediness, younger generations expect to get more gifts for Christmas than the older generations expected.
to the living room where the Christmas tree is at. Your eyes light up when you see the heaps and mounds of gifts surrounding the tree. After you open up all 26 presents, you realize that you didn’t receive the newest iPhone model so you get really upset and storm up to your room. You’re so frustrated that you didn’t get that one present; you don’t even care about the other presents down stairs. Christmas is just one example that proves that today’s generation is more greedy and they expect more items than people did in the past. Based on personal interviews, research, and the article “Swollen Expectations”, Americans expectations have slowly, but surely gone up. In today’s society, Americans, especially the younger generations, are becoming greedy and expect more materialistic items than the previous generations did; items like Christmas gifts, electronics, and even cars are just a few examples. First of all, Christmas is a holiday celebrated by millions of people across the United States for numerous years nows. However, the expectations of what gifts are given and received have changed drastically over the years. Today’s generation is more greedy and ungrateful for what they get. In 1985, children were happy to be given a new cabbage patch doll and hand-me down clothes for Christmas (interview with mom). In present day America, kids and younger generations expect mounds of gifts, costing over hundreds of dollars, just to be content for a short period of time. Back then, people had far fewer materialistic items than we have now (article). My father said that children now are given more presents than he did when he was growing up (interview with dad). On the other hand, a minority of families in America still use the “three gift rule”, where each child only gets about three gifts. My mother’s family implemented this and she continues to use it today. The three rule basis helps lessen the number of materials a child has. Because of greediness, younger generations expect to get more gifts for Christmas than the older generations expected.