The commercialization of festivals has eroded their real significance -views?

Many festivals are a reflection of our relationship with the land , fertility, or with spiritual beliefs of various descriptions. For instance in the European Christian world Christmas was once primarily a religious festival when special resources were drawn upon to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. As people became free to express or not express their particular beliefs the original meaning of the festival faded but the good food and the party's didn't, combine this with advertisers and marketer and you have a religious festival celebrated by zealots and atheist alike. this has happened to Easter as well and is no doubt going to happen to the religions of the mid east and Asia as the people become free to express their beliefs.