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It's Christmas time and you know what that means -- ornaments, advent calendars, a forest of mini plastic Christmas trees, and holiday-themed outfits galore. Whether it's from Target hauls, Temu hauls, or Amazon, social media loves a good holiday haul of goodies that are likely going to be tossed before next year. In this video, we dissect the holiday haul trend, how it ties into the ongoing power struggle between ephemerality and sentimentality, and we do some good ol' fashioned deinfluencing of some holiday products.

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Holiday Hauls
02:55 Ephemerality vs Sentimentality
05:48 Are we limiting sentimentality?
07:08 Commodification of the holidays
08:16 Advent Calendar Deinfluencing
09:32 Christmas Candle Definfluencing
10:00 Christmas Ornament Deinfluencing
10:59 Minimalist Christmas Tree Deinfluencing




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