HOLIDAY TRADITION MISUNDERSTOOD || I GET IT, BUT....

The Christmas holiday comes with a lot of preparation and unspoken but widely practiced traditions. At the glance through this, one of those came to mind. There are a host of others. Some common, some not. They're mostly things I grew up to see being carried out and I went with that tide.

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Growing up, this tradition was very common. It still is. And maybe you can say it's unreasonable of me to have enjoyed it at some point and now talk this way of it. I wouldn't ever even say that it should no longer be a thing because I see how happy it makes all but I only just realized how much a frenzy it is and how some persons rely on its provision to feel a sense of inclusion in the holiday's joys.

Every Christmas time, and until I wanted to handle getting stuff for myself (to be truthful, I wanted to keep the cash for something else), my parents got us all new clothes, a pair of shoes, and occasionally, complementary wristwatches and fancy glasses. All of our friends also got theirs from their families. I won't lie, I looked forward to it although I got to receive clothes gifts occasionally in the year. But sadly too, in the whole year, that was the one time some kids got to have new outfits. And so you can tell how much anticipation and delight it was to.

And since I was younger and till date, that tradition hasn't changed. I find it okay that kids get to get those. Interestingly and if my memory serves me well, I don't recall ever wearing any of mine during the holiday. For most of the years when I received the wears, I had to travel down to my hometown. And just in case, I also included them in my travel luggage. But everytime, same way I packaged them down there was same way I brought them back.

It's exciting though. But I don't understand how exciting it is for adults that they have to subdue themselves to so much pressure. It's looks like a competition among folks who should have better judgement. No surprise that these wears are very overpriced around this time which I know is so as a result of the high demand in these items. Well, vendors have to sell too.

But I ask, why cannot these wears be bought before the season? It's not supposed to be a deadline nau.
I like that people get to treat themselves to nice things. Cause you never know, that may just be the one time in the year that they splurge on and get to really enjoy their monies for themselves. But should it be so?

In all of that, the tradition does not have to be put to an end. I know the feelings of excitement it brings. The only downsides to it that I have observed are the hike in price and the pressures people somehow work themselves into. Maybe there's a way to work on those. There's should be. Whatever it is, that's about it.

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