solsticeeee
It's the shortest day of the year today.
The other day I noticed how many people I've heard saying, "Have a nice Christmas" lately. Not "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" or anything like that: "Have a nice Christmas." And I guess since I heard one of my classmates say it as she was leaving our final on Thursday, and I was in an English-major mode of thinking, I thought - "Aha! 'Christmas' is a metonym for the entire holiday break, and that metonymy allows us to wish each other well in a secular manner while still using the religious word, thereby fooling ourselves into thinking we've somehow solved the stupid battle over Christmas and Santa and baby Jesus and Hanukkah and menorahs and separation of church and state."
It was something like that, and yes, I realize how hopelessly geeky and useless and boring my thoughts are.
Have a nice Christmas.
The other day I noticed how many people I've heard saying, "Have a nice Christmas" lately. Not "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" or anything like that: "Have a nice Christmas." And I guess since I heard one of my classmates say it as she was leaving our final on Thursday, and I was in an English-major mode of thinking, I thought - "Aha! 'Christmas' is a metonym for the entire holiday break, and that metonymy allows us to wish each other well in a secular manner while still using the religious word, thereby fooling ourselves into thinking we've somehow solved the stupid battle over Christmas and Santa and baby Jesus and Hanukkah and menorahs and separation of church and state."
It was something like that, and yes, I realize how hopelessly geeky and useless and boring my thoughts are.
Have a nice Christmas.