Hustle culture is the belief that working very long hours, always being productive and improving oneself is morally good, and a necessary path to success. It promotes prioritizing work and self-improvement over rest, leisure activities, and social life.

Applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds are students who are less likely to get into universities due to their socioeconomic and cultural origins (e.g., students from low-income families, children of immigrants, or members of ethnic minorities). Universities can employ a variety of policies to favour these applicants in their admissions, such as imposing minimum quota on the number of admitted disadvantaged students or granting some applicants higher points solely based on their backgrounds.

Christmas has increasingly become tied to consumerism through widespread advertising, gift-buying pressures, and profit-driven holiday traditions or experiences, such as travelling to visit Christmas markets etc.