Simplifying the Holidays
From “Crassmess” to Christmas
Four Steps to a More Meaningful, Less Commercialized Holiday
By Marie Sherlock, Metro Parent Editor and author of Living Simply with Children (Three Rivers Press, 2003)
December – the “holiday” month – is a great paradox for most Americans. It’s a time of excess – think food, drink, gifts, activities – but it’s also a time of scarcity. For many Americans, we are never more saturated and less satisfied, more full yet more empty, than during December when our society stages its ultimate display of materialism. And primarily to observe the simple birth of a child in an animal’s manger…
