Why is Hallmark selling hundreds of ornaments only a very very few of which are really celebrating Christmas?
Every year Hallmark pulls out its ornament earlier and earlier and some time after July 1st puts out Barbie, Star Trek, Shrek, sport… etc etc.. ornaments…. and if you look really really closely… there are 1 or maybe 2 actual nativity, birth of Jesus ornaments which of course almost immediately sell out.
Why do they start non celebrating Christmas so early?
Because, unfortunately, too many people have fallen under the spell of commercialism & have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas.
Every year my husband & I put up a tree with a beautiful skirt under it, lights on the tree & beautiful ornaments all over the tree. Not every ornament is religious in nature, but we do not put up commercial pieces, such as the type you mentioned. We have a large collection of ornaments, most of them having a special meaning to us. Other people gave us some that mean something to them, for example, one friend works with dragonflies at the Museum of Natural History. So, she found a beautiful dragonfly ornament & gave it to us. Each year we buy one new ornament. We take one day & go out, enjoying the day & the season & browse around until we find one that feels just right for that year.
Each ornament is in a box with the year we bought it written on it & where we bought it. So, we get much enjoyment, each year, as we open the boxes and reminisce about all of them as we decorate the tree. It adds joy to it. They’re not just a bunch of meaningless items. When we are finished, we set up the nativity scene along a wall shelf that has green garland across it. We also have beautiful wreaths on the doors. Also, we have Christmas music playing in the background for the season.
Hallmark sells all these non-Christmas ornaments because sadly too many people have truly forgotten how to celebrate Christmas, & they buy the junk. If people didn’t buy it, they wouldn’t sell it. That’s the sad truth.
Christians need to get back to their beliefs & celebrate not the Holiday, but the Holy Day that it is. We need to focus on the love of the day and not on the crass emptiness that stores are pushing on us.
You could always send a letter to Hallmark, telling them how you feel & what kind of ornaments you would like to see. It’s only when we speak up that things will change. I have always sent letters — to politicians, to stores, etc., if there was something I felt should change. That’s one way many things have been changed in our country.
My hope is to see Christmas return to the way it used to be, and I believe it will.
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