Holiday spirit?

It's that time of year when businesses try to get you to buy stuff for Christmas. And I've noticed a trend in the commercials. Basically, it's, "We're such a great people-oriented business. If you give us a lot of money, we'll give a small portion of it to help people in need for the holidays."

Call me a grump, or a socialist, or whatever. It just seems like a really great company would just give money to help others whether you spent money with them or not. And if I really want to help people, I'll just give my money directly, rather than going through you, Mr. Corporate Middle Man.

I know this is nothing new, but for some reason, this year it's bugging me. (Possibly because with streaming, I'm getting the ads on repeat...and repeat...and repeat). I'm not planning on being a major spender this Christmas (or any, really), though, so I will just do my best to ignore the nonsense.