“Thanksgiving gluttony is one of the many great failings of the West”
Christmas gluttony needs fixed. I am so sick and tired of people getting all stressed out over which gifts people think that they have to buy for their family/friends/coworkers/etc.
I’m not a grinch :-) ... I don’t mean getting nothing ... but people will go into debt buying a ton of crap for their kids that will be untouched within 3 months of the holiday.
The entire meaning of the holiday has been wiped off the conscious of half the country. I’m by no means a holy ruler, but so many people aren’t even thinking about Christ on Christmas. They let their TVs fill their heads with needs and drive themselves insane buying all of that junk!
My kid was watching that Charlie Brown Christmas Special the other day (he’s odd ... he’ll watch that in July :-) ). I’m sure most of that dialog from Linus will be considered hate speech in the next few years if the libs somehow pull this off (they won’t, I know, I’m just saying :-) ). They’ll rename the holiday “sparkle season” or “erase humanity solstice season” or something absurd.
The Charlie Brown Christmas is a favorite. The original Grinch is good too, though obviously on a different theme. Charlie Brown taught the true meaning of Christmas, lest we forget. And the Jazzy Piano of Charles Schultz was great also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6zypc_LhnM
When I was a kid Amahl and the Night Visitors was on every Christmas. I loved watching it, very touching.
Agreed. Universally feasting on and widely sharing a classic and inexpensive American meal after a successful harvest is a continuance of an age-old human tradition. Gross and excess materialism at Christmas and otherwise is a whole different matter.