What Are The Disadvantages Of Festivals?

Festivals preserve a nations or country's heritage. Countries pay a lot of emphasis on there local customs. These festivals can last for a long period of time and can be very hectic. Most festivals as they exist at present focus on luxury spending and hence deprive the poor e.g. How the Christmas is celebrated nowadays with a lot of gifts and a fancy Christmas tree and the actual essence of the festival is forgotten.
The firecrackers or fireworks used in different festivals like celebrating newyear can be pretty dangerous especially for kids. In festivals like basant(kite flying) a lot of fatal accidents take place where it is reported that people fell off there roofs or the wire brutally cut off some man's throat.