for the perfect Christmas gift. Americans across the country mark this season‚ senselessly “buying” love for one another‚ while simultaneously degrading the very spirit of the holiday season: love. Thus‚ as the bells toll for the Christmas cheer‚ the deepening greed of our culture begins with the commercialization of the holiday. Materialism‚ or Objectivism in the philosophy of author Ayn Rand‚ is centered in the selfish nature of one’s self interest in their acquisitive “needs.” In our modern
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meaning of Christmas). The controversy around the issue is that the true purpose of Christmas has been washed away with it being the consumer holiday now. Pope Francis strongly agrees that this is a consumer holiday (Sacredheart). In this short article Pope Francis gives the reader his “short guide to Christmas.” He says to not give in to the consumer holiday but to rather feast on your love ones’ joy and to give thanks to the Holy Father. Pope Francis kept calling Christmas the “feast of poverty‚”
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the gifts and shopping to please their family than sit back and enjoy the holiday. This new mindset has led Christmas‚ Hanukkah‚ and other seasonal festivals to lose their religious intent through the past centuries by the hands of both people and markets. The original purpose of Christmas‚ celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ‚ has been trampled and overshadowed by a marketeer’s interpretation of how to represent the holiday. Santa and snowmen have become the faces of Christmas‚ instead of the Son
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beings are social creatures and have always valued the importance of friends in their lives. To celebrate this noble feeling it was deemed fit to have a day dedicated to friends and friendship. Accordingly‚ first Sunday of August was declared as a holiday in US in honor of friends by a Proclamation made by US Congress in 1935. Since then‚ World Friendship Day is being celebrated every year on the first Sunday in the month of August. | This beautiful idea of celebrating Friendship Day was joyfully
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time when magic is most potent and spirits can make contact with the physical world. In Christian times‚ it became a celebration of the evening before All Saints’ Day. Immigrants from Scotland and Ireland brought it to the United States. The commercialization of Halloween started in the 1900s‚ when postcards and die-cut paper decorations were produced. Halloween costumes started to appear in stores in the 1930s and the custom of ’trick-or-treat ’ appeared in the 1950s. The types of products available
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Majority of consumers are very intrigued by special occasions and holidays that are always perceived through commercialization and advertising. In order to celebrate those special events and important non-traditional holidays such as Mother’s day‚ Father’s day‚ Valentine’s day and more‚ Hershey has increased the popularity of gifts and expanding their outlets to more than just official websites
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be defined by the influence the media exerts over the public during Christmas. Whether a person is a Christian or not‚ they cannot escape the commercialization of the holiday. The advertising aspect of the holiday and its influence is present everywhere. It is witnessed by decorations outside the home‚ inside and outside the business community. The holiday music is present from recorded Christmas music‚ on hold‚ via telephones‚ and throughout the malls when
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to burn for eight nights giving the Jewish people enough time to find more oil. The Maccabees cleansed the Temple and re-dedicated it on the 25th of Kislev. (The Jewish calendar is based on both the solar and lunar calendars‚ and the dates of the holidays do not change in the Jewish calendar‚ but vary in the secular
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Joy of Ganesh Festival and Impact on Environment Hemant Wakode|Life in India‚Urbanisation and Water| October 8‚ 20121 Indian calendar is filled with lots of festivals and holidays considering different religions. Few days ago‚ Ganesh Festival or locally known as “Ganesh Chaturthy” was celebrated all over India and also abroad in some parts where majority of Indians are living. Originally it was celebrated by every hindu religious person by establishing a small idol of lord Ganesha in their homes
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1. Rationalization refers to the replacement of traditions‚ values and emotions as motivators for behaviour in society with rational‚ calculated ones. Further Explanation: • In its primary sense‚ rationality is a normative concept that philosophers have generally tried to characterize in such a way that‚ for any action‚ belief‚ or desire‚ if it is rational we ought to choose it. 2. Tradition and Rationality Exp: Weber focused on ways people think about their world. Members of preindustrial
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