Have you Noticed? Holiday traditions going by the wayside. I was at the outlet mall on Black...

I miss Christmas starting after Thanksgiving and not before Halloween.

I have been bad recently about Christmas cards. Everyday chores, and before you know it Christmas Eve is upon us.... We do make sure to call family located in other states though.

antonioioio · 70-79, M

It's not the shops, or mad rush to buy things that I miss
As young boy Our family of six siblings a father and mother did not have much ,
Our house had no bathroom, but had running water, electricity and enough to eat..
All our doors were unlocked . If someone called all they is knock and enter,
If a homeless person called, they would be put and fed and at Christmas time people went extra mile to help one another,
That's mostly all gone now

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

A few years ago I was involved in a tiny church plant. 8 of us trying to get a church going. It was getting close to Christmas when I made an off the cuff suggestion that we do an "Old Fashioned Country Christmas". Sing some carols, give out gift bags to the children and serve some hot chocolate and cookies. The night arrived and to our utter amazement 140 people showed up.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

There were a few holiday flyers in my paper. But even the Black Friday ads were minimal compared to previous years. I didn’t even see a Best Buy, Target or Walmart flyer this year. So many are posting online these days and customers are checking their websites. I had no intentions of going to Black Friday sales anyway. And thinking about it haven’t seen that many holiday commercials. Oh yeah a truck commercial keeps playing but they always try to hard sell at the end of the year. I remember when toys, small appliances, candies and other such things used to be in commercials before Christmas.

WillaKissing · 56-60, M

Yes, I have. The Christmas mall shopping department store windows and Christmas cards as well as the family gathering around to make phone calls to other family members across the US on Christmas Eve. And so much more.

sarabee1995 · 26-30, F

You had no people at your outlet mall?? Omg, we had traffic everywhere on Friday. Tons of people were out looking for deals.

But yeah, cards are a thing of the past.

VisionQuest · 51-55, M

I'm actually pretty happy that Black Friday isn't as popular as it used to be. Too much hype, too much commercialization of the holidays, that's what has truly ruined the holiday season.

Midlifemale · 61-69, M

We still get Christmas cards, but a lot less than we used to get.
And I miss the salvation army people standing in front of stires ringing the bell for donations. That all stopped because they get robbed now.

Northerner · 70-79, M

For me the true sprit of Christmas has disappeared. Now it's Christmas every day for a lot of people.

Gingerbreadspice · F

I still see these things. Shopping malls are not that much in fashion now but out of town stores are packed with people.

ScreamingFox · 41-45, F

Because it all became too much. And with the state of the country, not many people have extra money to spend, and we have to work endlessly so we're too tired.

Corporate greed eventually ruins things.