Remember when the holidays were just about spending time with family and friends, decorating the christmas tree with hand made decorations? For my family, adults got some t-towels or something else useful, kids received some little toy, teenagers got a necklace or bracelet from the dime store. We never returned anything to the store because we didn't like it.
The commercialization of the holidays takes all the fun out of it, I get so tired of hearing Christmas carols from Halloween to New Years. I only listen to them Christmas eve and Christmas day-that's enough.