Christmas

Merry Christmas Everyone!
The other day I was listening to NPR, and they did a segment on different ways that people celebrate Christmas. To highlight the contrast, they chose two sisters. One with her husband, is very eco-conscious, and they try to celebrate in a responsible but festive way, i.e. give gifts sparingly and make sure they are thoughtful and useful. Her sister and sister's husband think the others are grinches, and want to give as much as they can, not worrying about how practical the gifts may be. The part that pissed me off was that the eco-friendly couple were criticized by the other for losing the true meaning of Christmas by not giving as carelessly. The couple doing the criticizing is Christian, and it seemed the others were not. This is entirely backward to me. Shouldn't the Christians have been the ones more concerned about taking care of the earth-instead of getting upset with those who were trying to live in harmony with creation? God commanded that in Genesis 3, but for some reason it doesn't make it on to many people's lists of things they think God wants them to do.
Sorry if this is a little discombobulated, if anyone heard the story and can explain it more clearly that would be appreciated.
Peace. Merry Christmas!