Thursday, December 09, 2004
5 reasons to cancel christmas
just call me mister scrooge. i don't like christmas. really, if the world decided to skip the holiday for a year, i would never miss it. i know i will piss off some people by writing about this, but you know what? live with it. i got to live with the fact that this "holiday" comes once a year, and is in my face from the 1st of november, everywhere i go. so you can handle my dissatisfaction.
i find christmas to be totally 100% hypocritical to the point that it is absurd. people are celebrating what exactly? some fat man in a red suit or some rich kid in a barn? he was rich from day one, according to the story, if you want to believe that. someone brought him gold.
one point of frustration, and this is directed towards christians, because it is that group that is pushing all the nonesense of the holiday in everyones face. first, why does a city spend a million dollars on a christmas tree when there are homeless people, going hungry on the streets of that same city? could that money be better spent on a housing project for homeless? maybe it could buy alot of food, so people were not hungry? think about that when you are scraping your unwanted mashed potatoes into the garbage can on christmas day.
second, why is there such talk of peace on earth, goodwill to man, and all that brotherly love crap, when there are countless episodes of aggression over a parking spot at the shopping mall, fist fights over the latest toy craze (remember cabbage patch kids or tickle-me-elmo?), and soldiers blowing the fuck out of children in iraq? just because some of those people in that country are not following the christain faith, doesn't give any person the right to kill them, especially under the veil of religion. let's call that exactly what it is- racism. has anybody read a history book in their lives? do you recall something called the crusades.
third, why do parents lie to their children? do you think that is going to raise or lower the respect children will have towards their parents, when they discover the truth? kids, there is no santa claus. there is no easter bunny, or tooth fairy either.
fourth, why does the commercial world have to push christmas in everyones face for 2 whole months leading up to the 25th of december? i don't ask for my favorite holiday to be advertised for that long prior to the event.
fifth, why do people fake sincerity? all this gift giving, and "i have to be nice, it's christmas" is so transparent. i do not mind giving people gifts, but why all this quiet yet expected obligation? if you feel like giving somebody a present great. you should not have this expectation for gift reciprocation, because it leads to disappointment, frustration, anger, jealousy, and worse.
these are only 5 short reasons off the top of my head. thanks for reading and have a happy new year.
i find christmas to be totally 100% hypocritical to the point that it is absurd. people are celebrating what exactly? some fat man in a red suit or some rich kid in a barn? he was rich from day one, according to the story, if you want to believe that. someone brought him gold.
one point of frustration, and this is directed towards christians, because it is that group that is pushing all the nonesense of the holiday in everyones face. first, why does a city spend a million dollars on a christmas tree when there are homeless people, going hungry on the streets of that same city? could that money be better spent on a housing project for homeless? maybe it could buy alot of food, so people were not hungry? think about that when you are scraping your unwanted mashed potatoes into the garbage can on christmas day.
second, why is there such talk of peace on earth, goodwill to man, and all that brotherly love crap, when there are countless episodes of aggression over a parking spot at the shopping mall, fist fights over the latest toy craze (remember cabbage patch kids or tickle-me-elmo?), and soldiers blowing the fuck out of children in iraq? just because some of those people in that country are not following the christain faith, doesn't give any person the right to kill them, especially under the veil of religion. let's call that exactly what it is- racism. has anybody read a history book in their lives? do you recall something called the crusades.
third, why do parents lie to their children? do you think that is going to raise or lower the respect children will have towards their parents, when they discover the truth? kids, there is no santa claus. there is no easter bunny, or tooth fairy either.
fourth, why does the commercial world have to push christmas in everyones face for 2 whole months leading up to the 25th of december? i don't ask for my favorite holiday to be advertised for that long prior to the event.
fifth, why do people fake sincerity? all this gift giving, and "i have to be nice, it's christmas" is so transparent. i do not mind giving people gifts, but why all this quiet yet expected obligation? if you feel like giving somebody a present great. you should not have this expectation for gift reciprocation, because it leads to disappointment, frustration, anger, jealousy, and worse.
these are only 5 short reasons off the top of my head. thanks for reading and have a happy new year.
