disneychrista
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Only if YOU let them.They've all turned into over the top capitalism binges.
Only if YOU let them.They've all turned into over the top capitalism binges.
I'm with you on this one. They've all turned into over the top capitalism binges.
Halloween was okay 30 years ago, when there was very little prelude to the holiday... you'd see kids costumes in the store a week prior and that was it. Now all that crap (costumes, decorations out the yin-yang) shows up in July and you can't escape it. Plus it's decidedly much more gory now, and the focus has changed to adults instead of children.
Xmas was okay 30 years ago as well... Xmas crap showed up in the stores 2-3 weeks prior to the holiday, and Xmas tree lots popped up a week or so before. Now you see Xmas crap starting in September. This one was always an obligation-filled nightmare, but that's only gotten worse as time (and capitalism) marches on.
Thanksgiving is just an excuse for gluttony. Which I guess is redundant in a nation where 2/3 of the population is overweight or obese. We could just call it "Thursday" and people would still be eating too much food.
New Year's Eve/Day are just another day on the calendar.
St. Patrick's, Cinco de Mayo, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Memorial Day are just excuses to get drunk.
Valentine's Day is a bald-faced Hallmark holiday. And now it apparently starts the week of Xmas for some reason.
Easter is a pagan holiday, named after a pagan goddess, full of pagan symbolism, that Xtians celebrate for some reason, even though all those trappings are completely non-Xtian.
Columbus Day celebrates the murder and enslavement of Caribbean natives. The only reason it's a holiday in America is because the Catholic Church pushed for it (Columbus being a Catholic that had wide name recognition in the US... the church created the Knights of Columbus fraternal organization to keep Catholic men away from the Elks, Shriners, Rotary, etc. men's clubs).
Frankly, the never-ending harping on holidays in this country is out of control and exhausting.
I was seeing some Xmas stuff in as soon as August first. We already have a bunch of stuff set aside in our backroom for the after-Halloween reset. Also I hear you on the not being Christian thing. It's rough when everyone else just assumes you celebrate the same things. Hubs now takes off Winter Solstice so we celebrate it by staying up all night and watching the sun rise together. One of my fave days of the year. <3Christmas. Our family is not Christian and I find the fervor somewhat annoying. Especially when Christmas decorations come out in October. As soon as Halloween is over it’s non-stop Christmas until the New Year.
This is why a lot of people end up disliking the holidays — their holidays aren’t made to fit them and they don’t realize they have the power to change it. They have been conditioned by both family and society that these days are about family and togetherness and by default that’s with whom you must spend them. Unfortunately, some people have really crappy families and holiday visits become command performances full of trying to meet the expectations of one or more demanding family members who will never be satisfied no matter how much time and effort you give. People with normal families see holidays as a time for relaxation and celebration. For those with dysfunctional and/or abusive families, it’s weeks of dread culminating in a day of stress, tension, and conflict.Honestly any holiday can be made to fit you and yours and it doesn’t matter what anyone else does with it. Instead of hating the day or dreading it, change it!
Never heard of this one...is a holiday where we can eat all the sweets we want without guilty?Sweetest Day
Never heard of this one...is a holiday where we can eat all the sweets we want without guilty?
Never heard of this one...is a holiday where we can eat all the sweets we want without guilty?