Well, it is that time again. Time for the downward spiral into what some call “The Holiday Season”. Some call it “Christmas” still, even though that is apparently not PC…but I don’t give a flying reindeer about being PC. Some may like the Season (hahaha, you PC jerks, I just put a capital letter on “season”, which means Christmas, since it is a proper name!) but I do not. I mean, I like it for the kids. Children bask in the wonder that is Christmas. They don’t care about all the morons with their heads up their asses bitching about how these children are somehow fucking up their religious beliefs. They are just kids caught in the magic of a time that only kids can feel. Adults remember it, but seldom do they really feel it. Mostly, you see, adults must now fork over cash and create NASA-worthy schedules in order to buy what ‘needs’ to be purchased, and to make sure that ever extended family member is given the proper amount of face time in the whirlwind procession.
I like the sense of family, being around friends and loved-ones. The commercialization of Christmas I dislike. The funny part is, no matter how offended anyone becomes that doesn’t observe/celebrate Christmas, it’ll never truly go away. Not to put too fine a point on it, but Jewish, Hindu, Muslim (etc) religious observances…those don’t bring in even a little bit of the revenue that the good ol’ Christian world does. BTW, I say Christian as in religions based on Christ, not the “Born-Agains” who call themselves “Christians” as though Catholic, Protestant, Anglican, United, Baptist, Presbyterian, Pentacostal…well, you get the idea…didn’t exist.
I thought I would say now, before I really get that Christmas hate in me, Merry Christmas. You do not need to get me anything. I would be happier if you didn’t. It would mean a great deal to me to know that you DIDN’T fall into the Christmas-of-Captialism way of expressing yourself. I would rather you just said, “Merry Christmas”, or some such thing.
