[Wil H]

We celebrate the birth of the Christ (on the wrong date, no less) by spending on gifts that may, or may not, bring some sort of material joy to whomever is the recipient?

Which brings us to the phrase "He has more money than God".

I always used to tell girls I had more money than God.

It was a true statement.

I can't find any reference to God ever having had any money whatsoever.

[Thumper1960]

Not that God needs mere cash. Nor does Target need my cash. Nor so many other businesses who clearly glom onto a seemingly "religious" based holiday to put them into the black in sales for the year.

Resistance is not futile. Instead of recklessly plumping the pockets of the vacuous merchant, I'll be looking for the bell ringer and the uniformed returnees and try to make some decent holiday cheer happen.