Love that you hate ChristmassandalfonDecember 15 2004, 22:04:18 UTC
Hi. My kids are all grown and my oldest grandson turns 19 this Saturday. Christmas has changed radically for me. I'm getting past that fucking christian meme, yes I do believe that Jesus was really here on Earth and did some amazing stuff but there have been thousands of others who have come and gone and done just as much great stuff, if not more. So last year I told my grandchildren that I'd give them a gift of money (the youngest one is 12 - I have 7 grandchildren), and that from here on out I would celebrate Christmas as "Earth Day" to honor the life energy our planet supplies us with. I still put up a small (artificial) fibreoptics tree and decorate it with all crystal and glass things that don't represent Christmas. I do buy a poinsettia plant and set out a couple other decorations (such as a really pretty swan dish that is white with pastel colors on it, etc. Otherwise I really hate all that is attached to Christmas, the stores are packed with crazed people trying to figure out what gifts to buy, the roads are jammed up with traffic and crazier than normal drivers, people are still trying to outdo each other in outdoor decerating and thousands of extra dollars are being spent on electricity alone. Most everyone is grumpier and the women are extra busy baking things, wrapping gifts, doing extra house cleaning, trying to make things all happy and glittery for everyone around them. Does she ever get the credit for it??? NOOOOOOOOOOO. Yeh, sure, sometimes you see people happier that they usually are and they are frindly and shit. But why don't we have this attitude all year long towards each other. I am really disgusted at how our world is being controlled for us. Some Christmas songs are okay with me, but I really hated it when a station here played nothing but Christmas songs for a week PRIOR to Thanksgiving, at the time I listen to the radio - when I'm going to sleep. So I gave up and changed stations and I'm happier with the one I have now.
Love your new icon, it's soooooooo cute.
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