How lazy have we become

[caseysmom]

I think we have become too busy! Always busy...I like the pre-lit trees but think a lot of the food products are way over the top.

[Vela]

Well some things are rediculous, but I like the prelit trees. I work two jobs, have three kids, a household, and a pets, and my husband has a progressive condition which makes it impossible for him to help me so I LOVE my prelit tree. I don't think it's lazy to get prelit trees, but I do agree that a whole lot of other things nowdays lare geared toward "easy", even my space heater has a remote control.

I really don't like convenience foods, I think they are terribly bad for you most of the time and prefer to cook things myself. I agree that some things are just silly, things like hot dogs already in buns, LOL. On the whole we have all been able to become "lazier" because of conveniences, but I have to admit SOME of them I really like hehe. I also think a lot of it has to do with how busy we all are with our lives nowdays, that plays a big part in why some of the conveniences are pretty nice.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I agree "pre-bunned" hot dogs sounds awful but it does solve one problem....the uneven number of hot dogs in a package to the number of buns in a package.......

[cyber-sibes]

I agree "pre-bunned" hot dogs sounds awful but it does solve one problem....the uneven number of hot dogs in a package to the number of buns in a package.......

Good one! I don't mind the pre-lit trees - I just leave the lights on mine and voila- my own pre-lit tree! I think the foods reflect lifestyle trend - kids left to fend for themselves while parents work, single adults, no sit-down meals anymore in many homes. There are a lot of people who just never learned to cook, too. So I don't know if it's laziness, or just the way our society has changed.
however, do we really need so many gagets to do things for us? I'm amazed by the robot vacuums, and how many remote-control devices there are.

[elizabethann]

Pre-bunned hot dogs!? How un-American!!

[Randi]

I don't even know what you mean by a pre lit tree. Do you mean, you go out and buy a tree with lights already in and lit? That doesn't sound very charming.

In Denmark, most people (the ones who have a car, that is!) goes to a wood and pick the tree they like, and pay for it. Others go and buy the tree outside a supermarket. There are aall sizes and shapes. What I like about this, is the smell - it's simply wonderful! Then people decorate it and put lots of little candles on, some do this on a specific day in december (it varies), and some wait until Christmas Eve to lit it.

My friends have this tradition: On the darkest day of the year, 21st I think, they lit the tree for the first time and start digging into the goodies they made beforehand and have a real cosy evening.

To get back to the subject, I like to make my own food, but I do buy precooked food sometimes - if I'm busy or tired, but normally, I cook big portions and freeze it for such days.

I do agree that we've all become too lazy to do a lot of things ourselves, but I understand why some people are. However, many of us should sit down and think about our priorities.

[Sevaede]

I don't even know what you mean by a pre lit tree. Do you mean, you go out and buy a tree with lights already in and lit? That doesn't sound very charming.

In Denmark, most people (the ones who have a car, that is!) goes to a wood and pick the tree they like, and pay for it. Others go and buy the tree outside a supermarket. There are aall sizes and shapes. What I like about this, is the smell - it's simply wonderful! Then people decorate it and put lots of little candles on, some do this on a specific day in december (it varies), and some wait until Christmas Eve to lit it.

My friends have this tradition: On the darkest day of the year, 21st I think, they lit the tree for the first time and start digging into the goodies they made beforehand and have a real cosy evening.

To get back to the subject, I like to make my own food, but I do buy precooked food sometimes - if I'm busy or tired, but normally, I cook big portions and freeze it for such days.

I do agree that we've all become too lazy to do a lot of things ourselves, but I understand why some people are. However, many of us should sit down and think about our priorities.

Ahhh! Yeah, I always remember buying a tree out front of Fred Meyers or something.

I had a friend who lived in Denmark (for school) for a while. I am gonna ask her how it was!