Christmas is supposed to be the happiest time of the year. Everyone is expected to be back with their families and it's all about remembering Baby Jesus, sharing, thinking about and giving to others. However, I sometimes wonder as I walk around the shops in Leeds City Centre whether advertising has created this consumerism market around it that now just puts pressure on people to buy the best gifts and spend money that they don't necessarily have?
DFS adverts are the perfect example of thinking you are spending but all you are really doing is planning to pay it back at a later date, so you don't actually feel the money going out of your pocket at the moment.
Wouldn’t it be better to concentrate instead on the traditional Christmas values of love, caring and thinking about those who are less fortunate than you?
