We actually almost forgot put a Christmas tree until my son insisted! It just tells you how involved we are with the tradition, I have nothing against it, but I personally feel very disconnected from it, and we don't have money to spend in expensive presents anyway, so we don't offer anything to each other neither, and only buy gifts for the kids of course.
I know that's probably not the standard way to raise kids, we almost forgot Halloween too, they are being homeschooled, and they've never watched a program on TV in their entire life, they're the Youtube generation, customizing their preferences from the get go...
So yeah, we not your typical nuclear family... Maybe when we move out of SA we will adopt more "normal" behavior for today's society...
Until then society can suck a bag of d...

we’re already seeing people vanish

I think the true reason is just monetary... I can ensure you that when(if) there will be more money to be made, people will come back, everybody will post 3 times a day, everyone will comment again, because there will be an incentive.Hell I will even comment 3 times in a row on all of these shitposts if I have to.
Just kidding, but I get your point, I am thinking the same thing as you, or at least I used to .
Now I think, that if this dude wants to put 100 dollars on the table so his son's pic is on the trending page, good for him, good for his son, and merry fucking Christmas
It's always the same thing on the trending page anyway, it's always about the new "great project" that is supposed to save Steem.
Steem is just fine, wait for that sweet bullish market to kick in, and all them bitch'es will come back tail between the legs...