You are absolutely correct, imo, yonuh. Christmas is a spending fest that has almost nothing to do -- anymore -- with religion. People are not shoving each other out of the way to get bargains because of their faith.

We have the power to change things, but we won't. The retailers know that the very same people who complain about the War on Christmas will crowd the sale isles. Everyone wants 'stuff.'

Oh, we definitely have folks who remind us that giving and being cheerful are the ways we set good examples, but, as Anne noted, they're having a hard time competing with sale flyers.

Would Christmas still come if everyone didn't overeat, overspend, and over-everything? Why, yes it would. We seem to have forgotten that.

By the way, I always read How the Grinch Stole Christmas to my kids on Christmas Eve. It always seemed like the right spirit.