FrickAlso, did you know ...snip

FrickAlso, did you know prostitution increases in holiday seasons because all them single mothers need moneys for gifts so their kids can be like other, non-piss poor kids, because your worth as a parent is obviously measured by how many video games you can buy? Also true.

Cheerfulness and giving is fine, but what aggravates me is how everyone pretends the world is soft and cuddly for a few days while the darness lurks beneath the thin, crusty surface, and as always the people at the bottom suffers for it. From the ground up it's a sham. A distraction. Pagan holidays in not even remotely christian clothing.

what really grinds my gears is the hypocrisy of it. It would be so much better if we were given the days off for no other reason than not working. "Here, have some days off, go home and see your family." Without the burden of having the almost (and in some cases definite) religious obligation to add revenue to makers and retailers. And be kind. Why not always be kind? Do we really need a holiday for pretending to be it?


ALL HAIL SANTA, THE MASTER OF CHRIST, DECIDER OF FATES, AXEMAN OF THE GIFT

R-T-BThis sticky seems somewhat dated now, does it not?

Not to be the grinch or anything, but I see spring flowers where I live...