reasons the holidays suck
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Introduction
LET IT BE KNOWN. i love the holidays. i love camaraderie, eating, warm holiday love. but i have to be honest....the holidays can be a big pain in the you-know-what.
1
money
plane tickets, time off work, presents, dog sitters, rental cars. a list within a list. reasons the holidays are expensive.
2
commercialism
forget halloween or thanksgiving. christmas displays are put up before either of these holidays. they want you to start buying plastic icicles and blow up santas as soon as possible.
3
secular
no matter what you believe, christmas celebrates the birth of jesus. if you don't believe in jesus, it seems weird to celebrate christmas. christmas has become one big marketing tool and everyone celebrates. seems weird.
4
making everyone happy
planes, work schedules, plans, travel, weather. it's impossible to be in control of your schedule. and it feels impossible to make everyone happy.
5
fat
i always gain at least five pounds during the holidays. nothing i can do about it.
6
getting stuff done
buy presents, pack, get the dogs squared away, christmas cards out, prepare for parties, put up decorations, take them down, wrap presents AND manage everyday life. i'm tired.
7
crowds
you shop and travel with the rest of the world.
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Happy Holidays!
All true; even more difficult when you have children; but worth it in the end.
Why do people who do not believe in Jesus celebrate Christmas? Is it then "winter solstice" or "Santa Claus Day"? Hmmm... A lot of hassle if you don't buy into the reason for the season.
Why do people who do not believe in Jesus celebrate Christmas? Is it then "winter solstice" or "Santa Claus Day"? Hmmm... A lot of hassle if you don't buy into the reason for the season.
Hey, c'mon! We athiests deserve some love too. Historians universally agree that Jesus wasn't born anywhere near December 25th, if he ever existed at all. The Emporer Constantine was trying to blend the pagan beliefs of half of his empire with the Christian beliefs of the other half. It was actually the pagans who celebrated the "light returning to the world" three or four days after the winter solstice, (get it? light, big star, I am the light of the world, days getting longer again) and that became Christmas. So, the holiday was actually ours first.
By the way, it was also the pagans who had a "that which was dead lives again" celebration in the spring when the trees and bushes started turning green, and Constantine decided to make that Easter.
As to the 6 and 7, they are why the high priestess Rama Lama Ding Dong, working with Al Gore invented the Internet, and PayPal.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS KELLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By the way, it was also the pagans who had a "that which was dead lives again" celebration in the spring when the trees and bushes started turning green, and Constantine decided to make that Easter.
As to the 6 and 7, they are why the high priestess Rama Lama Ding Dong, working with Al Gore invented the Internet, and PayPal.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS KELLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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