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Originally Posted by drohem
Unfortunately, in this Age of Consumerism every holiday is now commericalized to the point that the actual celebration is lost in spending. It used to be that stores didn't start their Christmas sales until after Thanksgiving, but now I see Christmas stuff out around Halloween. It's getting absoulely absurd. Don't even get me started on 'holidays' that are just blatently commerical ventures such as Valentine's Day.
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In the UK 'Holidays' normally mean the trip aboard or the week away at a retreat or holiday home. Like summer holidays or winter holidays.
I think the yanks call them vacations?
The special events like Halloween, Christmas, Easter, etc are just called special events.
True about the hyper-commericalised nature of those events though.
On Christmas Eve at about noon the
Xmas Decorations will be taken down in all the supermarkets and Easter Eggs will be advertised.
