The
Christmas season is a time of gift-giving and remembering Jesus
Christ's birth. It is the time when people buy material things in order
for them to give these gifts to their loved ones. Sometimes, the true
meaning of Christmas is being questioned by many. Is the true meaning of
Christmas the happiness in everyone's homes because of the fact that
they are together? Or is it merely because of the gifts that they
received during the season? Is Christmas also for the marginalized? Or
is it only for the rich people?
Let me give my personal analysis on this matter- relating the season to Karl Marx's concepts and Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann's theory.
We give the capitalists a chance to gain profits through buying gifts for our loved ones. It is implied in our actions that we give them the support that they need and want because basically, what they want and need is PROFIT. This is the reason many capitalists do the devil's laugh every Christmas season. They always gain their profits. Happiness may be relative, but the truth is that people are already giving a notion of happiness on the material things that they receive from their loved ones. This is a socially constructed ideal. This is the reason some people think that Christmas is only for the rich. The poor will not generally have the chance to buy gifts for themselves, but there is another socially constructed ideal here. It involves their thinking of simply having all family members together for the Christmas season.
Let me relate another phenomenon for this. The New Year's celebration and even the Valentine's Day celebration. It is a socially constructed ideal that the happiness of a loved one (on Valentine's) is through the flowers and chocolates. Same as true with the Filipinos relying their fate and success in material things. There is the fetishism of commodities in this regard. There is the faith that material things are helpful in the attainment of success in life. Remember. We always give these capitalists a chance to gain profit in every cent we spend for them. It is their gain and our loss. Now you see?!
Think twice. I'm simply trying to rationalize everything sociologically.
Hope you enjoy reading this. :)
Let me give my personal analysis on this matter- relating the season to Karl Marx's concepts and Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann's theory.
We give the capitalists a chance to gain profits through buying gifts for our loved ones. It is implied in our actions that we give them the support that they need and want because basically, what they want and need is PROFIT. This is the reason many capitalists do the devil's laugh every Christmas season. They always gain their profits. Happiness may be relative, but the truth is that people are already giving a notion of happiness on the material things that they receive from their loved ones. This is a socially constructed ideal. This is the reason some people think that Christmas is only for the rich. The poor will not generally have the chance to buy gifts for themselves, but there is another socially constructed ideal here. It involves their thinking of simply having all family members together for the Christmas season.
Let me relate another phenomenon for this. The New Year's celebration and even the Valentine's Day celebration. It is a socially constructed ideal that the happiness of a loved one (on Valentine's) is through the flowers and chocolates. Same as true with the Filipinos relying their fate and success in material things. There is the fetishism of commodities in this regard. There is the faith that material things are helpful in the attainment of success in life. Remember. We always give these capitalists a chance to gain profit in every cent we spend for them. It is their gain and our loss. Now you see?!
Think twice. I'm simply trying to rationalize everything sociologically.
Hope you enjoy reading this. :)
