Nobody cares if it is the most wonderful time of the year. The X-mas 2021 thread.

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[Innula Zenovka]

Christmas is in fact a simple holiday. The birth of Jesus from Nazareth, whom many believe was the son of God on earth. So in fact the celebration should be: go to a church of your choise if you believe, praise God that he has send Jesus. That's it.

All the rest is commerce trying to pull as much money as possible out of your pocket, using every trick in the book that they know. Sentimental music, sentimental commercials and advertisement, sentimental movies, special offers and packaging. Christmas is pushed to be about decorations, dinners, presents, clothing, not being alone (that is presented as the worst thing that can happen to a person during Christmas), but it is not where it is all about.
If you dump a lot of those commercially pushed aspects, Christmas becomes a very peaceful relaxed and happy holiday. No big deal really. Especially when not christian (anymore like me).

I agree, but I don't think it can be that easy if you've got young children.

But generally, I've long had very mixed feelings about Christmas -- if you put lots of people together, many of whom probably don't otherwise see much of each other, and often with good reasons, all under the same roof, with their kids, and take them out of their normal routines and environments for several days, while they all eat and drink too much, and worry about how much they're spending on all this, while feeling obliged to try to merry and jolly all the time ... no surprise, really, that the criminal courts see a lot of business immediately after Christmas involving domestic disputes, or that a lot of divorces start early in the new year, either.

That's an unduly cynical and pessimistic view, I know, and nothing like the whole story, but it's certainly part of it, as anyone who has worked in the criminal justice system knows very well.

My late mother would never buy cards wishing people a merry Christmas unless she knew the intended recipients really well because, as she said, if you don't know people's full circumstances, telling them to be merry can sound like a cruel joke.

 

[Free]

Sorry I Called the Grinch “Anime,” Please Stop Threatening My Family

Dear vindictive Japanese cartoon watchers, You know me as the “sack of shit” who referred to The Grinch as “anime” in a... Read the full masterpiece

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[Sid]

Has the Grinch some serious status in the American Christmas celebration or did the satire of that article go over my head?
After all I just brew my first cup of coffee of the day.

 

[Free]

Has the Grinch some serious status in the American Christmas celebration or did the satire of that article go over my head?

A look at a few other articles on that site should hopefully answer your question:

We Sat Down With a Bottle of Whiskey To Ask “What’s the Fucking Point of It All?”

Interviewing musicians can be insightful, but some questions can only be answered by the bottom of a bottle. We caught up with... Continue reading this gem

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[Caete]

 

[Knutz Scorpio]

Has the Grinch some serious status in the American Christmas celebration or did the satire of that article go over my head?
After all I just brew my first cup of coffee of the day.

Whether it's satire or not I can't shake the pessimistic feel that there are little turds in the grass that would fly off the handle over an incorrect use of "anime" and the internet enables them to congeal into a much more bothersome and even dangerous heap.

 

[Sid]

 

[danielravennest]

 

[Romana]

LOLWUT?

 

[WolfEyes]

LOLWUT?

pffft. I never stopped saying Merry Christmas. I've said it for over 60 years. Most people I know never stopped saying it. Fucking idiot is trying to take credit for something he never did and thinks the rest of the world is blind to his bullshit. What a toaster.

 

[Free]

"Mr. President, I want to say, because of you, a lot of Americans have had some great Christmases."

For sure anyone who is in on the grifts.

pffft. I never stopped saying Merry Christmas.

I try never to say it. I'm not in retail anymore, I can aggravate whomever I want!

 

[Free]

New album from the band, and it's a xmas song collection. Who knew?

 

[Sid]

Wow, they still have a great sound.

 

[Isabeau]

 

[Caete]

 

[Caete]

 

[WolfEyes]

 

[Free]

 

[Veritable Quandry]