Materialism: Is it taking over the Holidays?

Materialism in the holidays is a big debate between so many people because it can be very debatable. At the end of Chapter 5 in the “America Now” 2013 issue, two student essays are written. Both of them are about the topic of materialism in the holidays. Amer Saleh thinks that the holiday season is entirely driven by materialism while Lauren Smith thinks it is no way to materialistic and that it is just part of old traditions. Both of these students have good points. In my opinion, I think that the holiday season isn't all about materialism, but it can get materialistic with people trying to buy expensive presents to their loved ones. I both disagree and agree with the two student writers in their viewpoints about the holiday season and materialism. I think that the holiday season is not about materialism but it can be if we make it that way. For example, if we have more money then of course we are going to buy a much more materialistic gift for our loved ones. The more rich we are the more realistic we make our holidays and the poorer we are the less materialistic we make it because we don’t have much to spend on but we make it up by having a good time without gifts and just spending time with family. As Americans we are considered to be more materialistic just because we buy so much, this may be true but it is not true for all of us. Some of us choose to be materialistic and some of us can’t choose or we can’t. We make our holiday season what we want it to be whether we want it to be materialistic or not. It’s ultimately up to us only we can make a choice what we want our holidays to be like. No holiday is entirely materialistic nor without it. Materialism is just something we choose to have if we can and if not then there isn't materialism but there is always family for the holidays.