Is christmas sustainable?

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

Christmas is the most unsustainable event in the calendar.

I believe this because the amount of waste produced over christmas is excessive, if we were all to take a step back and look at the figures of how much waste is produced over christmas from items such as present wrapping and food waste, we would then feel bad looking at the figure compared to one of a much poorer country in places such as central Africa. The amount that people self indulge over christmas is heartbreaking to those who really care about the environment but the harsh case in recent years is that not many people do. The fact that not many people do care about the enviornment means that people would rather have a good time and enjoy their christmas holidays rather than worrying about the consequences that this might have to the world.

In recent years the festival that is christmas has become completely commercialised, it is the chance for businesses across not only the country, but the globe to increase their profits due to the meaning of the festival being destroyed. Many people these days, especially children see the day as a day for opening presents and many adults see it as an excuse to overeat and overdrink. The meaning of christmas has been lost and due to this people see it as a present giving time more than anything else, because of this, companies advertise usually a whole new range of christmas items to sell and take a lot more moeny in because of peoples needs to buy gifts for family, friends or partners.

Whether christmas would work in a 'changed world' is hard to explain, since it matters a great deal how the world changes. I personally do not feel that the traditions of christmas will be overlooked in the future years to make way for a more sustainable christmas. People will continue to enjoy the national holiday in the usual style of gross self indulgence and buying people gifts.

If people dont care about the damage they are doing to the planet on an average day in Britain, then they most definetly do not care about what they are doing to it if they are off of school or work on their holidays. In this respect christmas hasnt, isnt and probably never will be sustainable in any way, shape or form.