We all know that xmas is all about commercialism. Most of us hate those bloody tinny xmas carols that trumpet at us from every corner from the moment those - can I describe shops as "cocksucking whores"? It's not a sexist comment, I'm sure there are plenty of male whores who suck cock. I for one have never bought anyone a xmas blowjob but... I'm getting off topic.
Anyway, you get the idea. We all know it's a sham. Why do we put up with it? Billy always says something along the lines of "Doesn't gift giving mean more if you do it spontaneously instead of being coerced into it?" Xmas isn't about Christ - if he existed at all, historians and theologians agree that he wasn't born in December. Down here it isn't even about the equinox. It's about emotional blackmail and selling product.
Family xmas gatherings are a pain. Does anyone like them except aged aunts & uncles and grandparents and family dogs who revel in the kitchen scraps?
I suggest that this year's xmas be celebrated by renting Silent Night Deadly Night. in which a department store Santa goes nuts with an axe. Shame there's no Jesus slasher movie.
Posted by pearce at December 19, 2003 11:19 AM