A Christmas Tree is in a way the symbol of everything that is wrong and right with Christmas. Christmas is supposed to be about coming together to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and in a way, Christmas trees are a symbol of families coming together despite no religious meaning to it. Every year families gather to spend time and exchange gifts. Which leads us to the other symbol of a Christmas tree; that of the bastardization of a Christian holiday into a consumerist holiday where there is no reason to spend the thousands that are often spent each year, however we have entrenched ourselves in a system that is causing huge benefits for companies because of the mass shopping and often it puts families into debt because of the gross overspending that occurs. Christmas is a wonderful thing, because who doesn’t like receiving presents, but at the same time it is a pity to step back and think of what it has become.