Christmas materialism speech

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Kids Today Believe Christmas is All about Money and Possessions

Hello Parents,

I am going to speak about what kids today think of Christmas.

Today I asked my children what they would like for Christmas and they all gave me a wish list including items of great value. These items were goods like the ipod, play station 2 and designer clothing. This made me think… it made me realise that kids today believe Christmas is all about money and possessions. As a quick method to prove this I asked some of my friends to tell their children that they would receive no presents for Christmas, I did the same with my children. The end result was that all three of my children all exploded into a tantrum and my friends’ children also went into a strop.

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Well what is the root of all this? I’ll tell you, it is commercialisation because firstly the big companies view Christmas as huge business opportunity. They plague young minds by their adverts and slogans. The disease spreads like wildfire to every child in the country. Often as a result of buying too much, many families run into debt. Some parents feel guilty that they aren’t buying enough presents, this is not helped by the fact that children demand for more presents, they demand for better presents, they demand for more expensive presents! Are you one of these parents?

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