All parents want to give their children a loving, family-centered Christmas, but it’s increasingly difficult in a consumer culture and a marketing machine that targets younger and younger consumers every year. What can we do to resist the cultural pressure in favor of creating a simple but meaningful Christmas for our children? I explored this issue yesterday with Greg and Lisa Popcak on their radio show More2Life. You can listen to the entire show here.
I don’t think anyone would argue that Christmas has become much too commercialized. Several years ago I read a book called Unplug the Christmas Machine by Jo Robinson. It really opened my eyes to the way marketing and advertising professionals have hijacked Christmas, turning it into . . . read the rest here