When people think of Christmas they think of fairy lights and food. Christmas is also the annual high of mass consumption whitch does not appear to be sustainable. Cutting down trees and using a lot of electricity is not good for the environment so in that sense it is not sustainable.
Although for a lot of business (for example the turkey industry) often depends on Christmas for its sales and therefore the industry would lose many profits if Christmas was not happen and so that specific industry would not be sustainable .
However if Christmas is not sustainable then that would mean it should b altered or cancelled. What is the point of sustainable living if your not allowed to have fun and in that case sustainable living is not living at all. However suicide rates increase over Christmas so for some people Christmas can be a very sad and dark time so for some it is not sustainable at all.
Also Christmas is a forever changing thing as it has changed from a pagan festival to a Christian festival to a
period of the year so in that sense sustaible is keeping things going as they are which is not going to happen as Christmas will forever change with the times.
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Some interesting points here particulary showing the darker side to christmas such as higher suicide rates. Also through your points it shows how very unsustainable christmas is, what changes would you make for christmas to become more sustainable?
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