Your comment reminds me of a little gem of a book, Leisure The Basis of Culture by philosopher Josef Pieper.
> The act of worship creates a store of real wealth that cannot be consumed by the workaday world. It sets up an area where calculation is thrown to the winds and goods are deliberately squandered, where usefulness is forgotten and generosity reigns. Such wastefulness is, we repeat, true wealth; the wealth of the festival time.
