What do you think? Is christmas sustainable? how would it work in a changed world?

Or should all our 'do-gooders' leave our festivals alone!!!



I feel that it depends on how you look at it. theres alot to our daily lives that are not sustainable, so to high light christmas as a particularly un sustainable festival is not neccessarily a bad thing. In my opion it is a long lived tradition that we enjoy and has not done us harm yet. You can argue that christmas has definatly lost its religious value and meaning, with the 'Santa Claus' figure replacing the birth of christ which is in reality what christmas is all about.


I have never heard of christmas as a sustainability issue, i dont think it is sustainable but in my opinion i dont feel this is a bad thing. there are many other issues that we should be more concerned about such as our carbon footprint, recycling and other things that concern the well being for future generations. to say its defined by 'excess and waste...lights, fireworks, over packing, excess spending, over eating and embarressing self indulge'' poses christmas in a negative light as each of these descriptions are factors that affect our sustainability and yes maybe it is true that we do all these things at christmas, but dont we do this throughout the year to, there is no change, some societies over spend, over eat or even produce alot of waste. So what makes christmas any different?

I think in years to come, christmas still wont be much of an issue. It is a Festival and a tradition, the only issue i think it could possibly pose would be due to the amount of electricity it consumes with countless amounts of fairy lights but knowing our society bans or limits would probably be put in place to prevent this.

Those 'do-gooders' that see christmas as a threat, do have their a right to express their opinions, it is clear that they are concerned about the future, but i dont really feel that they need to be putting all their attention to whether or not we can make christmas more sustainable, it is a time where we can let go, have fun and be with our families.