Unlike the other replies claiming it's always been that way, I'll agree with the author of that article. The commercialization of Christmas as we know it really

Unlike the other replies claiming it's always been that way, I'll agree with the author of that article. The commercialization of Christmas as we know it really started in the mid-19th century. https://www.bbc.co.uk/victorianchristmas/history.shtml https://www.bbc.co.uk/victorianchristmas/history.shtml