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[00:00.12] Abidemi: So Rory, do you think holidays these days ... do you think they're too commercial? What do you think?

[00:05.87] Rory: I mean, they really are commercial aren't they? Christmas especially.

[00:09.87] It seems to start earlier and earlier every year, so now you hear Christmas songs like in November and maybe even in October, and the stores start to have decorations.

[00:22.37] It is too commercial? I don't know. I love Christmas, you know.

[00:25.37] So I love all the Christmas lights, but there is a lot of pressure on people to spend a lot of money at Christmas.

[00:33.37] Abidemi: That's true. I think I am with you on that. I love Christmas.

[00:35.87] I love everything that comes with it: the songs, the food, the family time,

[00:41.13] so I can't really complain about it, but I think the year, the calendar year, has just become one big holiday thing, where you start off, you know ...

[00:52.62] I don't know, you start whenever. December Christmas finishes and we're already looking forward to Valentine's Day.

[00:58.37] Valentine Day finishes -- Easter, St. Patrick's Day. So it's like one continuous holiday coming up right after the other. So ...

[01:05.87] Rory: And things like St Patrick's Day --- when I was a kid --- my family's Irish. We never celebrated St.

[01:19.87] Patrick's Day at all. I mean nothing. Didn't even talk about it. But now, all the pubs, and the bars, have promotions. The restaurants have promotions.

[01:26.87] You can buy green beer. People are wearing funny hats. It seems to me like completely a commercial holiday.

[01:32.37] Abidemi: That's true.

[01:33.12] Rory: It doesn't seem to be related to St Patrick at all.

[01:36.37] Abidemi: That's true. That's true. Why do you think it's becoming more and more like that?

[01:40.37] Rory: I guess just that companies see it -- the way to sell more products.