Endleleni yam eya kwisikhululo sikaloliwe esiphakamileyo namhlanje, ndiye ndabona eyona ndlela icacileyo yommelwane wam (ipun ecetywayo kakhulu) ebonisa ukuba ixesha likaSanta liphezu kwethu ngokupheleleyo: amaqashiso omthi weKrisimesi. Ndibona ubuso obuqhelekileyo babantu abamiyo, njengesiqhelo, phambi kweRite Aid hawking pines kunye nefirs kudala zahlukene kwiingcambu zabo. Ngokutsho koMbutho weSizwe weMithi yeKrisimesi, malunga ne-30-35 yezigidi zemithi yeKrisimesi "yokwenene" ithengiswa e-US minyaka yonke kwaye abantu abamalunga ne-100,000 baqeshwe kwishishini lomthi weKrismesi.
โKamsinya nje emva kokuba i-turkey ikwi-Tupperware, iingcinga zijika zibe kulungele iKrismesi,โ liqalisa elinye ibali lephephandaba lakutshanje. "Kwaye ithini iKrisimesi ngaphezu komthi?" Ewe, njengoko i-Thanksgiving ikwi-turkeys, iKrisimesi iya kuba yinto eluhlaza. Iphantse yabonakala ingaphawulwa ukuba imiqondiso ehlala ihleli yeeholide ezimbini zasebusika eziyeyona ibhiyozelwa kakhulu ziinjongo zonyaka zokubulala abantu. Unokucula "Owu Umthi weKrisimesi" ude uhambe, kodwa loo mthi owuthengileyo uyafa phambi kwamehlo akho.
Amashumi alithoba anesibhozo ekhulwini ayo yonke imithi yeKrismesi yaseMelika ikhuliswa kwiifama zemithi yeKrismesi ezingaphezu kwama-21,000; ezi fama zitya malunga nama-450,000 eehektare zomhlaba. Kuthatha malunga ne-7-10 iminyaka ukuba umthi weKrisimesi ukhule, kwaye kuwo wonke umthi ovuniweyo, 2-3 izithole zityaliwe. Yicinge njengefama yasefektri yefirs.
Amaqashiso emithi yokuthengisa efana nale ndiyigqithileyo namhlanje sisithethe seSixeko saseNew York esaqala ngo-1851. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu emva koko, umncedisi kaThomas Edison wadibanisa ingcamango ecacileyo yokuxhoma izibane zombane kwimithi yeKrisimesi. Ngo-1890, ezo zibane zaziveliswa ngobuninzi kwaye izibane zemithi ekugqibeleni zaziza kuba ngumsitho wokhetho kwabo bangazikhathaziyo ngamatyala ombane anamanani amathathu.
Esinye isithethe saseMelika esizinzileyo siya kuthi ekugqibeleni siphawule isiphelo esingekho semthethweni kuwo wonke umoya weeholide. Ndithetha, kakade, malunga nokubonwa kwemithi elahliweyo ilele kufutshane neetoti zenkunkuma ecaleni kwendlela. Kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa ngaphambi koko, loo mithi yayingqindilili phantse ngokuthe tye inamaxabiso ajingayo kumasebe awo abengezelayo. Ngoku zilele ngokuthe tyeโฆimicu embalwa eqinileyo yethanki ebambelele kwiinaliti ezibukhali. Njengeefolokhwe zeplastiki, iipleyiti zephepha, amathambo eturkey akrazukileyo, nokwanda kwabemi abangenamakhaya eNew York, imithi yeKrismesi siyigqala njengento enokulahlwa; ekugqibeleni baba yingxaki yomnye umntu.
Phambi kokuba nabani na ajonge ukurisayikilisha kwakhona kwemithi yasemva kweholide, makhe siphinde sihlaziye, akunjalo? Malunga nama-450,000 eehektare zomhlaba abekelwe bucala ukutyala nokukhulisa imithi emiselwe ukugawulwa ize ithengiswe malunga neentsuku ezilishumi ngaphambi kokuba iphoswe ngaphandle ngokungafanelekanga kwindlela yeenyawo kwaye sifanele siliqhwabele izandla ixesha kunye nemali esiyisebenzisayo isixeko sethu ukujongana nayo. Ubhubhani wemithi efileyo olandelayo nonokuxelwa kwangaphambili.
Izibane ezidanyazayo zibuyela kwi-closet yepaseji kwaye izihombiso zigcinwa phantsi kwebhedi kwigumbi leendwendwe kwakudala ngaphambi kokuba amatyala ombane kunye nekhadi letyala likaJanuwari lifike. Noko ke, umthi weKrismesi walo nyaka uya kuba yimbali. Ayisayi kuphinda ifihle iibhokisi ezisongelwe ngokuqaqambileyo ze-elektroniki yabathengi okanye ibonise ingelosi e-blonde ebethelelwe kwindawo yayo ephezulu. Utyalwe kwaye utyetyiselwe kuphela ukubulala, loo mthi ugwetyiweyo uya kusebenza njengenoveli ekujoliswe kuyo kwizinja zasekhaya xa zihambahamba.
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