Across
- 3. The concept from Marxist theory describing how the family supports capitalism by softening the emotional impact of exploitation at work, seen in emotional care provided during Christmas
- 4. A Marxist term describing how consumerism creates unnecessary desires, such as families feeling pressured to buy expensive Christmas gifts.
- 5. What Santa’s elves experience as they produce toys for capitalist profit but do not benefit from the value of their labour.
- 8. The feminist concept describing how women, like mothers during Christmas, manage both paid work and domestic tasks such as organising family gatherings and gift buying.
- 9. The functionalist concept describing how shared rituals like Christmas dinner and gift exchanges create social bonds and reinforce collective norms.
- 10. _________ feminist's would suggest Mrs Claus' marriage to Mr Claus is patriarchal oppression.
Down
- 1. The term for children influencing family spending through constant demands for toys and gifts during Christmas.
- 2. The sociological perspective that argues deviance is socially constructed through the reactions of others e.g. rudolph being excluded for his red nose
- 6. The Marxist concept describing how workers become disconnected from the goods they produce, seen in Santa’s elves creating toys they do not use themselves.
- 7. The sociological concept explaining Rudolph’s exclusion for his red nose, reflecting how individuals are marginalised when labelled as ‘different.’