My thoughts on…Christmas
Whew! Back after the holidays. Would’ve come back sooner but my mom had me cleaning the house from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. The only real break I had was on Boxing Day. How was Christmas for you? Good I hope. Oh, I’m sorry. How was the multi-denominational winter holiday? Don’t wanna “offend” anyone. Aww, who am I kidding? Christmas is the granddaddy of all holidays. Why? Well, in today’s society, capitalism runs things. And what’s more capitalist than a holiday in which you pretty much have to spend money, whether you want to or not?
The weeks leading up to Christmas were had some pretty interesting news stories, such as Santa being told to say “Ha, ha, ha” instead of “Ho, ho, ho” in Australia (’cause everyone knows Santa’s a pimp) and Lowe’s changing their “Christmas trees” to “Holiday trees.” And as usual there was the yearly “discovery” that Christmas has some pagan roots. I’m known for my Scrooge-like attitude, but this year found my Christmas spirit running barely above empty. And it’s not like I didn’t have any money. I just wasn’t motivated to buy anything for anyone. “What’s the point?,” I told myself. “Buying overpriced gifts because that corporate puppet Santa tells me to?” And it wasn’t me alone. The only member of my family who got a present was my little sister, and up ’til now I haven’t seen it. It was a book she tells me. It’s now tucked away somewhere (so you know it sucked).
I got a lot of laughs watching those Christmas commercials. Sale? 50% Off? Ha! Yeah. That’s gonna happen at the most profitable time of the year. Wait ’til January, when everybody’s broke from their materialistic feeding frenzy. Then you’ll see what a deal truly is. Perhaps I’ll wait ’til then to buy my folks presents. It wasn’t all bad though. We had our usual Christmas feast and had a few family members over. Even the local cokehead got some leftover bulk wine from us. But there’s one thing that disturbed me above all else, even the “de-Christening” of Christmas and the false goodwill. It’s that, even during the hustle and bustle of shopping, I didn’t see one person donate a cent to the Salvation Army. Season of giving huh? Well, all that’s left now is the New Year, when people wake up from their drunken revelry to a sea of debt, depression, obesity, and family conflict. Won’t that be a sight?
Well you’ve touched on some very valid points about Christmas. People go crazy and there are so man odd juxtapositions like greed mixed with”generosity”.
You’re right about the January sales. That’s when I intend to raid the stores and pimp out my wardrobe and score some nice electronics. Here in the US it was an abysmal year for sales. Could it be that we have so many people about to lose their homes that they couldn’t afford in the first place? Nah. That’s not the American way.
For me, it was a day of gluttony and libations!!Enjoyed it totally and I am now looking forward to a couple of parties for the New Year.Have a IRIE New Year! RESPECT!!
Bwoy, you really sound bummed out on Christmas! I had a good one still, despite cash being in short supply. Thats what Santa shoulda brung me, a bag of cash. Anyway… I am accustomed to not getting many gifts already so ah nuh nutten. For me, its all about hanging with family and friends, feasting and having fun, and some of that did gwaan so me ok.
This Santa is definitely sadistic!!How Interesting?! RESPECT!!
I know that Santa in your pic is saying ho, ho, ho as he spanks that ass! lol! Christmas and Commercialism go hand in hand.
Every time I post someone else URL gets posted!!! AARGGHH!
I know that Santa in your pic is saying ho, ho, ho as he spanks that ass! lol! Christmas and Commercialism go hand in hand.
Stunner, you really should quit complaining about that now. I’ve realized it long ago, but, try as I might, there doesn’t seem to be any way around it. So I manually correct the URLs in all comments.
Had a quiet one and I even got gifts.so all good