Power Point: Selling Out.

Power here, and welcome to my new column, Power Point.
(Although, you may have noticed that my previous posts have been rebranded with Power Point, but this is officially the first column.)
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Thankfully another Valentine's Day has come and gone.

No, I'm not some bitter, cold bastard who hates Valentine's Day because of the actual sentiments surrounding the day.

What I am bitter about is the fact that large corporations are taking over and ruining the main purpose of these special events in the calendar year.

I am someone who believes that Valentine's Day was created by some depressed florist or card writer who thought that they could make a quick buck by creating the some useless celebration on the calendar and by exploiting couples.

In fact, I'd even go as far as saying that the people who actually purchase extravagant gifts and whatnot for Valentine's Day are actually selling themselves out to these companies.

Valentine's Day is not some day which is solely based around the purchase of Belgian Chocolates, French Champagne, and expensive electronic goods from Japan. No, Valentine's Day should be about the individual. About focusing solely on that special person in one's life, not some sodding bunch of flowers that some Mexican picked.

The same goes for Christmas. Every year I find that the two major department stores, Myer and David Jones, seem to start putting their Christmas decorations earlier each year. Last year I noted that Santa was busy setting up his temporary village at David Jones in the middle of bloody October.

And it's apparent with Easter too. My local Woolies has been stocking Easter eggs and rabbits, as well as hot cross buns for the last three weeks. And, if you believe what people have been saying on the internet, some stores have had Easter stock out the back on pallets since early January.

EARLY JANUARY?!? Christmas stock hasn't been cleaned out yet, and department stores and supermarkets are already stocking Easter products! It's absolutely absurd.

Quite frankly, I find the shift in focus regarding these calendar events rather disappointing.

Somewhere in the thick of the pre-Christmas sales, or commercialism of Valentine's Day lurks the, now neglected, intended focus of those events. The person.

Maybe it's time to refocus on what is truly important. Not selling out to some corporation.