Pumpkin Spice Latte Drinker Disgusted by Commercialization of Christmas
Enthusiast of fall scarves and Halloween accoutrements, Judith Weymeyer curses the corporate takeover of winter holidays in between sips of her pumpkin-flavored beverage from a popular Seattle coffee chain.
While shopping the clearance rack for discounted gordes and witch’s brooms at Target, Weymeyer reflected on the store’s overwhelming Christmas decorations: “This has gotten out of control. It’s not even Thanksgiving and they’re already shoving Saint Nick down our throats. Christmas is just an excuse to be a consumer.”
After exhausting two paychecks on a Halloween costume, pumpkin-flavored food items, and numerous Pinterest fails involving spooky craft cocktails, the aficionado of fall still anticipates celebrating Christmas with her family. However, they plan to keep the gift exchange simple. “We’ll probably just stick with gift cards,” Weymeyer explained. “That way, we are empowering people to make their own choice about how to spend their dollars at major retail chains.”
“Plus, I’m super stressed about maintaining my apartment’s seasonal scent,” she said. “Places are starting to run out of apple cider candles, so I’m not gonna’ have time to track those down and pick up gifts for everyone.”
More than midway through autumn, Weymeyer is not done stocking up on seasonal goods. “I have so much to buy and all this stupid, consumeristic Christmas stuff is really preventing me from having an authentic fall.” To illustrate her point, she recounted the toils of digging through dozens of winter ales from big beer companies in order to find her favorite pumpkin microbrews.
With bags full of clearance items and seasonal foods, Weymeyer left the department store and returned to the coffee shop to pick up a second Pumpkin Spice Latte. “I have to take advantage. Before you know it, it’ll be nothing but egg nog and peppermint excuses for coffee. Good lord, it has to stop somewhere.”
