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[quote=Anonymous]I think it’s tricky to establish a useful metric for the op’s issue.

Just because one has a half dozen giant Halloween inflatables on their lawn plus lights strewn across the bushes doesn’t mean it’s over the top consumerism or wasteful. After all, such people tend to acquire decorations over time and reuse them for many years (decades even).

Ditto for Christmas decorations. Heck, I inherited some holiday decorations from my parents that have been used annually for many decades.

I believe someone referenced the “boo” baskets as being over the top. If you are talking about kids tossing a bunch of candy in a bag or box and doing the ding-dong-ditch surprise dropoff, don’t hate on it until you’ve actually done it. Kids love to do this. It’s fun. If you are talking about Martha Stewart moms doing fancy baskets for their friends, what’s it to you? It’s a thoughtful gesture.

We go overboard with holiday decor. My mother made our childhood home a magical place and always hosted big holiday parties. She did all the cooking and cleaning herself. I don’t know how she did it. The best I can do is decorate. I’d sooner cut off my arm than willingly host 50+ people for thanksgiving and Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. But that’s not consumerism—it’s just holiday fun.

FTR, I’m still wearing clothes and boots and handbags, etc. from the 90s. I buy high quality stuff that last a long time, so I’m not contributing to landfill waste like some others are. Where does that play into the op’s metric? [/quote]

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