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>>... If you choose whether to >>>give and receive gifts or not, is a personal choice, >>>but I don't think you should slate everyone who does >>>so as caught up in commercialism... it is a very >>>simplistic way of looking at it (and very much the >>>sort of thing the JA would say)... and simply not >>true! >> >>During my time in community my parents and my sister's >>family (none of whom are church goers) gave more >>consideration to what they value about Christmas, and >>it certainly stopped being a time of silly spending >>for them as a result. My family are not so unusual in >>this respect. It was a case of 'lets do what we've >>always done' until enough people around them said >>'this is too much about spending'. It seems to be a >>more widespread issue than just the JFC, re-evaluation >>WAS needed but Britain is moving on ( and so is at >>least my bit of the JFC! ). > >I'm not sure if I understand what you're saying - my >point was just that I think a slightly judgemental >attitude was being expressed - which reminds me very >much of JA attitudes... something I'm very glad to >have got away from!
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