Mechanized. That's a great word for it. Or maybe just 'industrialized?' It's an 'economic' event now, rather than a spiritual or emotional one. The few gifts I bought this year, I bought irregardless of price. I bought them with a clear intention of making directly better the life of someone dear to me.I don't really like the Christmas holidays either. The whole season is so shallow and... mechanized.
This. I bought gifts for people when I knew exactly what I wanted to get them before hand and when I had an exact reason to get them that thing. If I didn't have those feelings about someone, that person didn't get anything. Of course, that meant that there were a lot of people in my life that didn't get anything. I don't mind, either.I bought them with a clear intention of making directly better the life of someone dear to me.