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Commercialized Christmas: a source of agony and suffering to Kenyans

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Back in the day, Christmas celebrations included attending church choir competitions, watching religious movies in camps and reuniting with relatives and friends. We shared the little we had communally without minding who brought what. 

Indeed, in the spirit of a day that marks the birth of Jesus, Christmas ought to be a moment of moderate consumption and service of kindness towards others. 

But slowly Christmas is turning out to be a day of unbridled indulgence in alcohols, drugs, feasting, and other selfish gratifications. The middle class has subverted the day to serve their own interests. Armed with money, they have twisted the day to fit in their status and preference of consumption.

Unscrupulous business people have taken advantage to cash in on Christmas shoppers by increasing the price of commodities. It is never business as usual for those who prefer travelling upcountry to catch up with their loved ones because they have to pay through the nose. Bus fares and air tickets are doubled or even tripled.

Essentially, Christmas has become a day of untold suffering and agony to millions of Kenyans and not a celebration as it used to be. Today you need lots of money to go through a Christmas ritual. Yet in the face of exorbitant intemperance and subversion of this important day on Christian's calendar, the church has remained mum and even played along.

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